Shifter Secrets: Shifter Romance Collection by Hart Juniper & Gabriel Lola

Author:Hart, Juniper & Gabriel, Lola
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00

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Once they finished gorging themselves on veggie burgers and fries, Esme and Olive strolled around the boardwalk, checking out nearly every shop and kiosk. Despite being utterly stuffed, Olive couldn’t resist getting an Italian ice from a small, vintage cart outside of a tourist shop. She picked at it casually as they shopped about, though they hadn’t bought anything. Olive was already mentally taking inventory of everything they had purchased that day and how much they would have left outside of her little nest of money. Their afternoon was more of a window-shopping extravaganza than anything else, which Olive was content with.

A bout of laughter erupted from Esme as she pointed out a store, which apparently exclusively sold shell art. “We have to go look around,” she insisted, taking Olive’s hand and practically dragging her into the shop.

All the shelves and tables were completely full of shells, the art itself ranging from very touristy—like shell magnets with names hand-painted on them and lanyards bedazzled with so many tiny shells that the fabric couldn’t be seen—to obscure. There were what looked like picture frames entirely made of shells, with no glass or backboard to actually hold a picture. Chandeliers and mobiles hung low from the ceiling. Statues and pottery littered the place, all of which were insanely overpriced. Olive had to hand it to the store owner, though; everything was unique. Not one item looked like the next.

Esme went aisle by aisle, shelf by shelf, and continuously giggled at the gaudy décor. Olive swatted at her arm, trying to get her to behave while the clerk gave them death glares. Of course, Esme did not care. Wandering away from her friend, Olive searched around herself and tried to bide time until Esme had had her fill. She stopped and inspected a few of the more curious items, honestly having no idea what some of them were supposed to be. Just as she turned to return to Esme in hopes of getting out of the store before a scene was caused, something in the corner caught her eye.

It was a small lamp with a glossy royal blue base. The lampshade was utterly covered in shells, some even stacking up on one another and giving it a convex shape. Would any light even escape? Curiosity pierced Olive, and she sauntered over. Her fingertips ran along the cord until she found the little wheel and flicked it. To her surprise, it had a blue tinted bulb inside of it. Glancing around to see the light it gave off, Olive was in awe. Apparently, the shells were meticulously placed to leave tiny spaces in between, producing little star shapes all over the walls. It was beautiful, and she knew right away it would be perfect and serene for a nursery.

Just as Olive wrapped her hands around the base of the lamp to check the price, a hand gripped around her forearm and jerked her away. For a split second, she thought it might have been the clerk, there to scorn her for touching the merchandise—but it wasn’t.

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