“What?” I said, when the silence shifted from comfortable to something much more intense—nothing bad, but nothing quite as simple as companionship. “Hmm?” “You’re looking at me funny.” “Am I? And here I thought I was just looking at you.” I swallowed, a sudden case of nerves making me feel as anxious as I had on my first date ever, and all because Panther was looking at me as though he were seeing me for the first time. Trying to muster up some of that bravado I was so well known for, I scoffed and settled back in my seat. “Oh yeah? And what do you see?” Panther grazed his thumb over the top
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