Free Southern Shifters: Fast & Furless (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Yvette Hines

witnessed and learned that nothing happened involving people in the neutral zone without Bhric being a part of it. He really cared for these people as if he were their leader. He’d extended that same caring nature and protection to her. The male really was an alpha.
    The chairs were both vacant because Niki was too busy pacing in front of them.
    “Good, you’re finally here,” Niki called out when she saw them as they entered, as if she’d been waiting for hours.
    “I’m here.” Brita shrugged feeling out of sorts from her nervousness. Alek squeezed her hand then escorted her to a chair. Once she was seated, he stepped back to hold up the wall with his cousins.
    Niki finally sat. “Okay, doc. All here. What’s the results?”
    She was glad Niki had asked, because she wasn’t sure she could find her voice beyond the lump that had formed in her throat.
    Simon glanced up and looked around the room as if he’d just realized they all were there.
    Brita shook her head, he really was a one-track minded genius and that track generally was the science of medicine.
    “Remember, these are just the initial findings. There is still a lot more we don’t know.”
    “Mmhm,” Niki sighed and waved her hand rushing him along. Will he come on with it.
    “I know, right.” The laugh slipped out of Brita after the words. She felt relief that Niki seemed to be just as eager about it all as she was.
    Niki’s features were drawn into a frown as she glanced at her then back to the doctor.
    Brita wasn’t sure what the look was about.
    “Using your data, Niki, as a baseline to test Brita’s DNA against, we have determined that you all are monozygotic. It is wonderful. Just to be sure it wasn’t another level of the scientific tamper and somehow Brita’s DNA had a assimilation gene in it, we tested her preliminary results against your surviving siblings. There was a match there, but strictly family.”
    Her ears rang. Brita was so excited to hear the words familial she couldn’t think straight.
    “Monozygo---what?” Alek stepped up behind her, his heat wrapping around her like a quilt.
    “Monozygotic.” The word slipped from Simon’s mouth like warm butter. His eyes were large and bright as if he expected them all to get it because he’d repeated it.
    “What does that mean?” Brita finally found her voice.
    “Oh…you’re twins. Identical!” Simon declared.
    Niki looked as if she wanted to punch the doctor if he so much as clapped his hands. “Are you fucking kidding me right now?” She launched to her feet. “I’m tired of all you doctors and scientists and your damn jokes on my life.”
    Brita was shocked and extremely overwhelmed, as well as the fact her mind was bouncing with a zillion questions. However, she felt as if it had finally started to rain in the desert of her life. Why was Niki so angry?
    “I’m angry because this shit has been going on all my life. One thing after a damn ‘nother.”
    The room fell silent.
    Brita got to her feet and stood before Niki. A cool blossom of awareness opened up at the back of her mind. “Why did you just talk about being angry?”
    “What?” Niki stared at her as if she’d suddenly started walking on the ceiling before her. “Because you asked why I was so angry.”
    Dean moved up beside her. “Mate, Brita never said that.”
    Niki turned on her mate, her hands bawled up on her hips. “Yes, she did. I heard—”
    As if the sun had just broken over the horizon and shined on every one of them, there were multiple audible gasps of wonder.
    “You can hear each other’s thoughts when mental shields are down. I told you monozygotic.”
    “No offense, doc, but if you say that one more time, I may punch you before Niki does.” Brita leaned over the desk and met the wolf’s gaze.
    He growled.
    She hissed.
    Alek’s hand touched her shoulder.
    “Why don’t we all retract the violence for a moment and see if we can get a few more answers,” Bhric declared, the