Page 146 of Beneath the Blue Moon
“You can’t go back there.It’s going to be too much for you.”
“Is that the only reason you won’t let me go home?”
“No.I need you here with me.”
“What about all my stuff?”
“I’ll buy you new stuff.”
“I don’t need new stuff, Daddy Warbucks.”
“Well, I’ll have your belongings packaged and brought here.”
“And that’s the end of it?”
“That’s the end of it.”
She remains silent for a while, nuzzling my chest andinhaling deeply.Her sense of smell has heightened.What she smells is myunique wolf scent.After her first moon, she’ll be able to pick me out in acrowded room, just by my scent.
“What about work?”
“No,” I answer.
“I have to.”
“No, you don’t.”
“I want to.”
“Fine,” I give in.“But I’m getting you security.”
“Security?What the hell for?It’s not like those wolves aregoing to come looking for me.”
If only you knew.“In case you forgot, a man did tryto attack you.”
“That was an isolated incident.”
“I’m getting you security.”
“And that’s the end of it?”
“That’s the end of it.”I put my foot down.
“You’re so bossy.”
“Like you ever listen to me.”
“So stop trying to boss me around.”
“No.You start doing as I say.”
“Or what?”
“You don’t want to know, little girl.”
She pulls back, staring at me in surprise.
“Oh… so now I’m a little girl?You didn’t seem to think soearlier when your dick—”
