Page 153 of Not Your Ordinary Shifter

Her honey badger snarled, and Debbie narrowed her eyes, the post-sex languor slipping away. Oh, he wanted aride, did he?

Thor

Exhausted, chest and back clawed up and covered in hickeys and teeth marks, Thor was ready to acknowledge challenging a honey badger had been a bad idea. Even if it was fun. Thankfully, he’d already worn her outbeforeputting her on top; otherwise, he wasn’t sure his balls would be intact now.

His sweet honey badger shifter was now completely blissed-out, lying across his chest, all soft and snuggly. He liked her just as much this way as he’d liked her bouncing up and down on his cock, waving his cowboy hat in the air.

Stroking his fingers down the soft skin of her back, he frowned when she giggled. That didn’t sound like a sexy giggle, it sounded like real amusement. Lifting his chest slightly, so he could tilt his head down to see her face, he slid his hand over her ass—although he didn’t dare slap it again. “What are you laughing at?”

“This is one epic farmer’s tan, cowboy,” she said, lifting her head from the nook on his shoulder, her dark eyes sparkling with amusement. She ran her fingers over the line on his bicep, where slightly tanned skin metreallytanned skin. Then she shifted slightly to the side, so she could trace her finger over the line at his waist, where slightly tanned skin met pale white skin. “Even though you’ve clearly taken your shirt off in the sun plenty of times.”

“I’m not great about remembering sunscreen,” he admitted. She giggled again, sliding off his chest and snuggling into his side, her head back in the little nook. It felt nice having her there.

Feels right. Bring her home.His buck kept nudging from the back of his head, wanting Thor to extend the invitation. The crazy thing was Thor actually wanted to.

“So, ah, where are you and your cousins headed after this?”

He felt her shoulder shrug. “Wherever the road takes us. We don’t really have a plan right now.”

“Would you have any interest in checking out Southern Wyoming?”

“What’s in Southern Wyoming?”

“Me.” He turned onto his side, so he could look at her. “My herd.” His businesses. Things he wanted to show her. “That’s our home base of operations.”

She was thinking about it, although she didn’t immediately jump in with a yes. He could see her turning the offer over in her head, contemplating it.

“Yeah,” she said finally, almost shyly. “I could talk to my cousins. I’m sure if I want to, they’d be interested in visiting Southern Wyoming.”

Hell, yeah.

Want.His stag’s voice whispered at the back of his mind.Mine.

It was far too soon to be thinking about that, wasn’t it? Thor pulled Debbie back in for another kiss, trying to ignore how very right she felt in his arms. They’d only known each other for a day. Just because his stag wanted her didn’t mean they were going to end up mated. She was coming back to the ranch with him. After that… well, Thor didn’t know where this was going to lead, but he knew one thing for sure—he wanted to see where it was going.

Debbie

It didn’t take much convincing at all to talk her cousins into visiting Thor’s herd. Most of them were already curious, after hearing Ajax, Kade, and Jack talking about the ranch. They all wanted to check it out. Her normally grumpy badger did a happy dance.

Grinning, Debbie practically ran back to where Thor was packing up his things, getting ready to leave.

“Incoming!” She leaped through the air, barely giving him enough time to straighten up and catch her, but he managed. With her arms and legs wrapped around him, she beamed into those pretty baby blues. “They agreed, we’re coming to Thunder Ranch!”

Whooping, Thor spun her around, making her bounce on his hips, grinning just as widely as she was. This wasn’t what she’d expected when they’d arrived, but the rodeo rider had roped her heart already and she knew it.

“Can you ask one of your guys to drive your trailer?” she asked. “Then you could ride with me.”

“Are you asking me to ride off into the sunset with you, honey?” He winked at her, chuckling and Debbie had to giggle.

“Yup, on my steel steed.”

“Then hell yeah.”

Debbie grinned. Looked like she’d roped herself a cowboy.