Etched in Bone (The Others, #5)

by Anne Bishop

Maybe it was human nature to want to please the person who rejects you, who wants you to prove you deserve to be loved.

If she was still reading that book, she’d growl at him for interrupting her.

“The female pack was the invasion,” Simon grumbled. “Exploding fluffballs. Bunnies with teeth.”

“I am the leader of the Courtyard. I’m the one who makes decisions.” “Yes, you are.” Montgomery waited a beat. “You going to tell her that?” He growled. “Maybe I’ll send a memo to her too.” Montgomery just laughed.

“We should go,” Ruth said. “You don’t have to,” Meg said quickly. Merri Lee picked up one of the baskets. “Yes, we do. You’re not always going to agree or get along, but you’re going to be unhappy until you talk it out.” “I could just conk him on the head with a big zucchini.” Laughing, Ruth picked up the other basket. “Something every woman has imagined doing to a man at one time or another.”