Snippet Saturday–Oct 8

FTF: Mine Until Morning by Samantha H... Thanks, Book Club Members

Snippet Saturday–Oct 8

This week's Snippet Saturday theme is gifts. I don't write a lot of "gift" scenes but I think this one really works because of the characters and their background. Enjoy.

"Let's go for a walk," he murmured.

His deep voice coaxed her from her melancholy. Then his words settled in and her gaze swerved to the window and then down at the cotton shirt and jeans. "Out there? In all that snow? Isn't it a little cold?"

He chuckled. "Go look on the entry table, petit."

Oh, she loved when he called her that. Heart racing, she stepped past him and scurried into the foyer. She found three large bags with a logo on the side she didn't recognize. Excitement washed over her as she reached inside. Burke really was the most thoughtful man on the planet. How in the world was she going to repay him?

"Sweats. Jeans. A few other necessities. A couple of sweaters and a coat," he murmured from behind her.

She whirled toward him, tears in her eyes. "Thank you sounds paltry," she whispered.

"What are friends for?"

Friends. She sniffed. It'd been hard for her to make friends, being the tallest werecoyote around. How pathetic was it that Burke was the first person she honestly considered her friend?

"I didn't mean to make you cry," he said, hands shoved into his pockets. He looked unsure for the first time since she'd known him.

"These are happy tears."

"Ahh." Relief relaxed his jaw. "Go get dressed."

Excerpted from Stranded with a Cajun Werewolf

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