Southern Shifters: Purred Promises (Kindle Worlds Novella) by R. E. Butler

Author:R. E. Butler [Butler, R. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

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She snuggled against Jair on the couch, a blanket wrapped around both of them as they stared into the fire. She loved the sound the fire made as it crackled and spit, sparks blossoming and fading in the fireplace. She was deliciously worn out, and more content than she’d ever been in her entire life. Jair was amazing, from the top of his sexy head to the bottom of his feet.

He lifted her wrist and kissed the space just underneath the symbol. He had a similar one, but she didn’t know his story yet.

“It hurt,” she blurted out. “I know it’s supposed to hurt, but it was more than the physical pain. It was like the magic seared everything, not just my skin. In an instant, my life was different and would never be the same.”

She hadn’t liked the symbol. Had hated it, in fact. But without it, she never would have met Jair.

“You’re here,” she said.

He snuggled her a little closer and kissed the top of her head. “Where else would I be?”

“No, I mean that without these symbols our paths would never have crossed.”

He stiffened for a moment, and she wriggled out of his embrace until she was facing him. She opened her mouth to ask what was wrong, when he gripped her shoulders lightly.

“It’s not pretty.”

“What isn’t?”

“My past.”

She snorted. “Whose is?”

Shaking his head, he lightly massaged her shoulders and said, “Sweetheart, you were put in a shitty situation by your father. I was the result of a shitty situation.”

He wasn’t looking at her, and her cat murmured in concern. She cupped his chin and lifted his head until she could look into his eyes. She found the place on his neck where she’d bit him and rubbed it. He purred, in what seemed like an almost involuntary reaction, and she smiled. “We’re mates. Whatever baggage you have, it’s mine to carry now, too.”

“I don’t want you to think differently of me.”

“Not possible. Well, I mean I could fall even harder for you, I guess.”

His gaze darkened, and he growled, hauling her close and crushing her against his chest. He was quiet for a bit, and she gave him whatever time he needed to get his thoughts together. She was an open book, and she wanted him to be that way with her.

“My mom’s mate died. She was a young tigress with a child. She was lonely. She left her son with family and went off pride lands. She went to a human city and happened to find a wolf shifter who was living among them. They had an affair, and she returned to the pride, pregnant.

“When I was born, she said I smelled enough like a pure tiger that she trusted my shift would be normal, but it’s not. It’s so fucking far from normal.”

She moved slowly, swinging her leg over his and straddling him. She cupped his face, tilting his head up until she could see into his lovely mismatched eyes. “You smell like home to me.

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