Southern Shifters: A Wolf to Bear (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Dee Carney

Author:Dee Carney [Carney, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2015-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Sable knew this was wrong and couldn’t think of a single damned way to stop it.

Sitting in his classic car should have felt cozy, the pine smell from the hanging tree on the mirror a throwback to her parent’s era, yet seemed to fit Murphy. She refused to watch him round on the car, instead keeping her focus on the front of the house that had signaled sanctuary to her only a couple hours ago. When her eyes began to well though, she dropped her gaze to her hands.

Murphy lowered himself into the driver’s seat a moment later, and although she didn’t look at him, could almost feel him tense up as if ready to say something. He gave a brief shake of his head instead of speaking, his decision apparently final.

Her heartrate seemed to accelerate as he pushed the key into the ignition. Before he turned the key, her mouth fell open to beg him to stop and reconsider. No sound came though.

No sound from Sable. None from the car, but a muted click.

“What the hell?” Murphy muttered.

Sable’s gaze shot to the ignition as he turned the key again, the same bored click the only result. “Battery?”

He frowned. “Shouldn’t be.” A quick push of the power button on the radio before his hand went to a knob behind the steering wheel. “Lights were off. Radio not coming on. It might be the battery, but it’s weird that I had no warning.”

“Pop the hood.” She pushed open the passenger side door.

“What?”

Ducking back, amused at the confusion on his face, she pointed to the front of the car. “Pop it and I’ll take a look. Might be the battery, but it could be the alternator. If you have any luck at all, it’s just a loose wire.”

His mouth fell open, but Murphy did as requested. The spring pinged by the time she got in front of the car. Lifting the hood, Sable called out, “Got any tools handy? A flat head would be great.”

“You’re kidding me, right?” Murphy was already standing next to her by the time she reviewed the battery leads for corrosion.

“What?”

“I’m really not trying to come off as sexist or anything, but are you seriously going to tell me that you know something about cars?”

“Not just something,” Sable said while wiggling the same leads. “I know a lot about cars. I told you, my brothers are super protective and rarely left me alone. That meant whatever interested them became a part of my interests whether I liked it or not. Old cars happen to be the thing my oldest brother Cage couldn’t get enough of. I can’t take one apart and put it back together the way he can, but I know how to troubleshoot.”

Murphy smiled, his arms folding across his chest. “That’s damned impressive.”

“I told you there had to be something I could do around here for room and board.” Well, that didn’t involve getting naked. Although that still wasn’t out of the realm of possibilities.

“What have I gotten myself into with you?” he murmured.

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