Free Sassy Ever After: Kiss My Sass (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Serena Pettus

you still want your cow mooing. I’ll get the sides started.”
    “Would you like any help?” he offered, looking for any excuse to stay near. Ever since discovering she was his mate, his wolf hadn’t wanted to stray too far from her side. Unfortunately, that would likely be the case until he was able to mark her properly, and claim her as his own.
    The problem with that was, he still hadn’t dropped the bomb about shifters yet. It was something he would have to figure out how to do, and soon. She would need to understand that both the mugger from earlier and the badger in her house had other forms. He didn’t want to chance her coming in contact with those nasty guys and not even be aware of what they were.
    She was human, and it would already be next to impossible for her to determine who was shifter and who wasn’t, but knowledge was power and he would teach her everything he knew. For the time being, he needed to figure out a way to have her guarded without freaking her out. Being in the woods was one thing, but he wanted to be right on her damn porch where he could see everything and hear anything going on in the house.
    If she saw a large wolf camped out on the other side of her door, he’d probably end up with a load of buckshot in his ass, and he’d rather avoid that scenario. Instead, he decided to confer with Benson while she was working on the food. Maybe he could come up with a solution.
    Stepping out the back door under the guise of checking out potential garden spots, Benson pitched his idea. “How about after we leave, I come back with my wolf? I can explain how he’s trained to guard the property where my honeybees are, so I could easily order him to guard her home and trust that he would do just that.”
    Luke thought for a moment. “It might work. You don’t think she’d freak out with a wolf being so near her kid though?”
    “There’s only one way to find out. Plus, if I’m bringing you here, then she’ll see you’re tame. If I have you sit, roll over and beg she may start to see you more as a sweet little pup.”
    If Benson didn’t watch it, he’d be getting a bite on his big ass from his “little pup”.
    “I’m not too sure about the party tricks, but let’s bring it up to her at dinner. Regardless I’ll be roaming around her land, but I’d rather not get shot if she does see me.”
    Benson was still laughing when Ashe popped her head out the door and announced the food was ready.
    “So what’s so funny?” She asked.
    “Benson was picking on me.”
    “For what?”
    Her curious expression was so damn cute. Luke imagined he could look at her face forever and never tire of the way her emotions were there on the surface for anyone to see. What would she look like in the throws of passion? Would her cheeks flush pink, her eyes roll back as he brought her over the edge?
    Luke had to shift in his seat when Benson shot him a look. Sure enough, his buddy had probably caught a whiff of the raw lust rolling off him.
    “I was giving him a hard time about how my pet wolf follows orders better than he ever did in the service,” Benson put in. “I’ll have to bring him over sometime so you can meet him.”
    “You have a wolf? As a pet?” She gasped. “Is that safe? I mean, they’re meant to be wild animals. Aren’t you worried he could turn on you?”
    Benson shrugged. “I’ve been with him for years and he’s never shown any aggression towards me or anyone else that didn’t deserve it. He makes a great guard dog. In fact,” Benson snapped his fingers as if an idea had just come to mind. He was playing it off well. “I should bring him here to keep guard tonight in case that nasty badger comes back.”
    Her lip tucked between her teeth, Luke could tell she wasn’t quite seeing the plan in the same way they were. “He’s a really special animal, Ashe,” Luke added.
    “I don’t know. I would hate for him to run off and get lost in the woods. I don’t even have a