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“When I’m really stressed out…I play with my toes.” Gwen leaned back a bit and stared at him. “Seriously?” “It’s really relaxing and very bearlike.” And very weird. And yet…“I’m oddly comforted by this information.”
” While the two females snarled viciously at each other, Ric grabbed a stick from the ground and waved it between Jess and Blayne. “Look! Look! A stick! Who wants it? Who wants it? Go get it!” He threw the stick and Jess and Blayne watched it flip across the forest floor. Once it landed, they looked back at Ric. “Dude,” Jess told him, “that was just rude.”
” “I don’t see why I can’t observe.” “Dad,” Lock asked sincerely, “do you even know the meaning of that word?” His father shrugged. “Sometimes.”
Lock reached out for the coffee, but Ric pulled it back. “Why don’t you come to the kitchen first?” In response, Lock roared, the windows rattling behind Ric. “Or I could just hand this over now.”
Attacking someone without warning for something they did weeks before? Check. Ready to turn a simple breed dispute into something far uglier with the razor blade she kept on her at all times? Check. Using blood as a weapon of rudeness? Check. Threatening death? Check. Attacking a helpful stranger or friend? Check. Kissing a helpful stranger or friend without warning or permission? Check. Yeah, it only took Gwen six weeks to become her mother.
“He’s fun,” he said, reaching out and cuffing Mitch without even looking at him. “He just keeps trying to get back up.” Bam! “It’s great.” Bam! “Like ‘The Little Lion Who Could.’” Bam!
“Son, remember when I taught you how to give the smaller, weaker ones the illusion they’re dragging you places? This is one of those times.”
“You’re insane.” “Have you paid attention to the last twenty minutes with my family?” She did have a point.
“My nefarious plan is almost complete. And soon, everything I could imagine will come to fruition.”
“I’ve always wondered how these types of desk work.” “Dad. Don’t take my desk apart.” “Of course not!” Brody pursed his lips. “But if I were just to—” “No!” Mother and son barked in unison.
“Dear God, man. They’re following you like you’re the Pied Piper of Scottish sex.”
” “Fair?” Mitch pointed at his face. “Lion male. Totally irrational, self-absorbed, all about me. There is no fair in my world. Wake up to the reality, ladies. This bullshit is over.”
“So why are you here? Because it’s not even nine yet, and unlike me, you’re not a morning person.” “You’re a morning person?” “Why are you here?”
“Ahh! Where the hell did you come from?” “Momma says from the love she shares with my daddy,” Dee calmly replied.
