Southern Shifters: Impawsible (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Buchanan Clan Book 1) by Celia Kyle

resting them on the flat surface, and then placing their heads atop them. They were not morning people.
    Her mother chattered at her father, her sisters mumbled the occasional comments, and Carter padded toward her.
    Her mate pressed a soft kiss to the top of her head and she leaned into him, taking comfort in his presence. She turned and nuzzled his chest, breathing deeply and savoring his scent as it wove through her body. The annoyance she’d experienced vanished beneath her mate’s presence, Carter keeping her attention.
    “Missed you this morning,” he murmured and she sighed, liking that he’d wanted her at his side.
    “I knew Dad was coming over. He does a morning run and then we have coffee. We’ve been doing it for years.”
    “Hmm…” He wrapped his arms around her and she sank into his embrace. Her bunny immediately calmed and urged her to snuggle closer. He was their mate . They only got one and he was it and they needed to stay as close to him as possible. “So if I do morning runs, you’ll do this for me? Take care of me?”
    She tipped her head back. “Always. I’ll do anything I can to take care of you. It’s part of being a mate.”
    “And what about loving me? If I love you…” Hope filled his expression and Bethany’s world became Carter and Carter alone. Her family didn’t exist, her sisters and parents were no longer a thought. All that matter was her mate.
    Bethany swallowed past the tightening in her throat. “I—”
    “Oh, Angus, do you see how sweet they are? That’s so sweet.”
    “Ten bucks says she’s pregnant within a year,” Hannah drawled.
    “I got six months,” Katie mumbled.
    “No, more like two. Newly mated males… Yes, two months.” Of course , her mother had to get in on the bet.
    Predictably, her father’s rumbling growl cut all three of them. Thank God.
    At least, she was thankful until his tail started flicking, striking the floor in a regular rhythm. One, two, three… All the way up to nine.
    “Okay, your father has nine months. Money in the pot, girls.”
    Carter sighed and she sensed a combination of annoyance and… happiness? She lifted her gaze to him, a single brow quirked and he shrugged. “Don’t have much of a family. Now I get yours.”
    “You’re stuck with mine, you mean?”
    “No, baby. I like ’em. Not too happy about you sneaking off before the sun rose, but they’re not here every day.”
    “I’m thinking of moving here,” Hannah whispered and Bethany winced. God, what would the men in the town do when faced with the whirlwind that was her sister?
    Carter twined their fingers together and took a step toward the hallway, pulling her along.
    “Where are we going?”
    “I wanna get in good with your mother.”
    She ignored the rest of her family entirely. “And?”
    “And I want her to win that bet. So…”
    “You’re joking.” She resisted his pull, putting a stop to their travels. “Carter…”
    The scrape of chairs cut her off and she glanced over her shoulder to see her family rapidly heading out the back door, her mother even nudging her still-shifted dad along. “Go, go, go… That money is as good as mine.”
    Bethany groaned. “Carter.”
    “What? I wanted my mate alone, now I’ve got my mate alone.”
    “But, Carter…”
    “You’ll see them again soon. Right now I need to love on my mate.”
    “Yeah?” She let the seed of hope creep to the surface, her bunny nudging the emotion along.
    “Yeah.”
    “Oh,” she whispered.
    “Uh-huh. Oh . So come back to bed. I like your family, but I wanna build my own with you.”
    Bethany… was okay with that. More than okay. She thought the idea was… purrfect.
    And she didn’t care if that sounded lame. It didn’t make it any less true.
     
    The End
     
    If you enjoyed this book, please be totally awesomesauce and leave a review so others may discover it as well. Long review or short, your opinion will help other readers make future purchasing decisions. So,