Snippet Saturday – Best Friend
The theme this week is best friend so I thought I’d share a snippet of conversation between Brogan and Quinn from Coyote Wild. Enjoy. 
Brogan let his muscles relax and his coyote subside. The beast was still wide awake but no longer threatening to pull free. Knowing what he was dealing with made things easier. He couldn’t just take El and expect her to fall into line. If she was a shifter it would be easy but she wasn’t. He wasn’t even sure she knew what they were, never mind that he was one.
“You need to back off some.”
Quinn’s quiet voice pulled Brogan’s gaze across to where his friend stood beside the fireplace. When had Quinn moved from the lounge? Normally he was aware of everything around him. Had El messed up his instincts so much that he failed to notice what went on next to him?
“I know. I just didn’t expect it. I’ve never struggled to hold my control like that before. Was it like that for you?”
“Yeah. You get used to it and once you join it’s not as bad.”
“Jeez, no wonder you drove me insane all those years ago. Good thing you and Rowan finally sorted everything out.”
“There was never any doubt as there isn’t with you and El. But it’ll be an interesting time between now and then.”
Quinn’s smirk had his hackles rising but Brogan knew he deserved everything the other man dished out. He’d given Rowan and Quinn plenty of crap while they had danced around each other before she’d been forced to leave home. Brogan sighed. Obviously it was his turn at the mating waltz.
“The problems won’t just be between you and El,” Quinn said.
“I know. But since I can’t change who my mate is I’ll just have to deal with what comes.”
“The Council will have to be informed and there are those who will use El’s non-blood status to undermine your position.”
“I don’t care about any of that. What I care about is making sure El doesn’t freak out when she discovers we aren’t exactly human.”
“That might prove to be the easy part yet.”
“I doubt any of this will be easy.”
“Probably not, but we’ll have to keep her from the pack until she understands, Brogan.”
“Yeah, I’m more than glad you and Rowan decided on a small ceremony. El won’t have to face anyone until after.” Brogan didn’t say after what, they both knew that until he turned El she couldn’t be left alone or come in contact with any members of the pack.
“She’ll be safe here but after the wedding we were supposed to take her up to the cabin. She wants to take wilderness photos for her next book. That gives you a week to convince her to stay and do what’s necessary so she can.”
“And if I can’t convince her?”
Quinn shrugged. “You don’t have a choice and you know it.”
Brogan had no idea where to start when it came to wooing El. He’d never wooed a woman before. All he had to do was open his bedroom door and they fought each other to get inside. El would be different. For starters he had to tell her what he was without scaring her half to death and then convince her that he wasn’t an animal when in essence he was.
The first step would be to actually meet her. The sooner they got used to each other the sooner they could get on with what had to be done. Hopefully Rowan was telling her who and what they were, but if not, he’d have to. He swallowed over the lump in his throat and rubbed the back of his neck. His muscles were tight—hard—but not from the beast wanting to break free.
No, now he was tense with nerves. If he didn’t do this right he stood to lose more than his mate. He stood to lose his position as sovereign of the pack.
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Don’t forget to check out the other authors taking part this week:-
Jody Wallace
Leah Braemel
Mari Carr
Shiloh Walker
McKenna Jeffries
Taige Crenshaw
Shelli Stevens
HelenKay Dimon
Lauren Dane
TJ Michaels
