Free Faerie Godmother: Mythic Series, Book 1 by Abbie Zanders

She’s only a couple of months older than me, but then, she’s also already let half the males in the pack mount her.”
    Several of the young brutes unpacking the boxes of groceries bumped knuckles and chuckled at that, causing Dani to glare at them. “Don’t you smirk like that, Markus. That’s nothing to be proud of. Even your little brother lifted that tail.”
    Markus’s smile faded, but the others laughed. Dani sighed. “Sometimes I hate being the Alpha’s sister. No one’s got the guts to even try to hit on me like that.”
    Ana saw Dani glance pointedly at Derrick, who stopped laughing immediately and turned bright red. In the next moment, he was walking purposefully out for more boxes.
    Ana didn’t pretend to understand everything about adolescent Weres, but from where she stood, they didn’t seem all that different from human teenagers. They were more open about things in general, especially their sexuality, and tended to heed their natural instincts, but the underlying premises were the same. There was still that awkward adjustment period when they were no longer children but not quite adults.
    “Is that what you want, Dani? To be like Jackie?”
    Dani exhaled heavily. “No, not really. But I’m still pissed. So, can I stay?”
    Ana didn’t have the heart to say no. “I suppose so.” Just that quickly, Dani’s mood shifted and she was back to grinning. She jumped up and was wrapping Ana in an enthusiastic hug when Matt appeared.
    “Dani.”
    “Uh-oh,” Dani whispered loudly in Ana’s ear. “Busted.”
    “I should have known I’d find you here.” Matt fixed her with a gimlet eye. “Go on home now and let Ana be.”
    Dani sniffed, shifting so Ana was between her and her brother. It was kind of funny, really, because Dani was a full head taller than Ana. “Ana said I could stay.”
    “Did she now?” Matt turned his Alpha gaze her way. It softened slightly, but not nearly enough. Ana felt herself wilting. So did everyone else in the immediate vicinity as they stopped what they were doing to listen.
    Ana took a deep breath to steel herself, her body quivering under the Alpha’s authority. Dani gave her arms a squeeze of encouragement.
    “Yes,” Ana managed in a rather small voice. “I mean, I’d like the company.” Matt narrowed his eyes, and Ana hastened to add, “If that’s okay with you, of course.”
    After several long moments, he exhaled. “Fine. Maybe you can teach her how a young female should act when surrounded by a bunch of rutting males.”
    Ana blinked, stunned, not knowing quite how to respond to that. How would I know?
    She was saved from having to say anything when Matt turned and directed his attention to the young males still hauling in supplies.
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    “T hanks for standing up for me, Ana,” Dani said later as she painted her toenails a sparkly metallic bronze that complimented her natural coloring beautifully. “I think you are quite possibly the only female Matt will listen to when he’s in one of his snits.”
    Ana looked up from the book she was reading, a paranormal romance based on, of all things, werewolves and vampires. At that point, she wasn’t sure which one she was rooting for. “He cares about you, Dani.”
    “Yeah, I know.” She glanced at Ana with a wicked grin. “He cares for you, too.”
    Ana blushed a dark red and tried to hide behind her book. “Of course he does. He cares for everyone around here.”
    “But you’re special.”
    “No, I’m not.” Surely, Matt wouldn’t have said anything to Dani. He’d promised.
    “Come off it, Ana. My brother’s got it bad for you. Jeez, I can still smell the mating scent he left behind.”
    Without thinking, Ana lifted her face and sniffed lightly. It was faint, but she could smell it — musky, male, and decidedly sensual. She recognized it immediately as the same scent she noticed whenever Matt was nearby.
    “Oh, I know that look,” laughed Dani. “It’s the same