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rabbit. Remember, we d just mated.
Oh, yeah, about that. It really hurt at first, I said, reaching around and rubbing my
still sore ass.
I m sorry. I didn t think about that. I imagine it would since you re not used to my
mating with you as a wolf. Are you okay? he asked, sounding very concerned.
Yeah. I m fine. Actually, it started feeling good toward the end.
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So, you re not sorry? he asked quietly.
About your mating with me?
No. About your first experience as a wolf.
You ve got to be kidding! I loved it. I felt so alive. So full of life! It was incredible. I
now understand why you love it so much, I said, moving back into his arms. And I m so
happy I can share it with you now.
Oh, babe, you have no idea how badly I wanted to share this with you. I knew it
would be good, but I had no idea how good.
Can the chili simmer a while? I asked, and then winked at him.
Oh, shit, yeah! he said, running over to the stove, turning it off and then grabbing me
up in his arms and carrying me back upstairs.
I opened the store again on Friday. It was the middle of the morning when I got a
visitor I wasn t expecting. Rusty walked into the store, looking for me.
Well, hello! What are you doing here? I asked, hugging him.
I came to talk to you, Rusty said, and I could see something was bothering him.
Sure. No problem. Let me lock the door and put up the closed sign so that we won t be
disturbed.
I took Rusty into the little kitchen and fixed coffee for us.
Okay, what is it you want to talk about?
You know that Robert wants us to move here?
Yes. Josh told me about it. I can t tell you how happy I am. Don t you want to?
Yes. I think I do. It s something else that Robert told me. The reason why.
Oh, and what was that? I asked, not letting him know that I knew already.
Robert said that& well, that you and Josh would understand, he said, staring at me.
Evidently, Robert had told Rusty about what he really was and about Josh as well.
Yes. I think I do, I said carefully.
I didn t believe him and then& well, then he changed in front of me.
I know. Josh had to show me as well.
Robert is offering to change me. He says it will destroy the HIV in my body.
And that s a good thing.
Well, yeah. It is. But I don t know if I can do it, Rusty said, quietly.
But why?
Because I don t feel it s right. Why should I be spared when other people are going to
die?
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I said almost the same exact words to Josh, except I used your name, I said to him and
he looked at me in shock.
Me? Why?
Because I was so impressed with what you were doing at the Center, how wonderful
you were to me. I didn t want to be spared when you weren t.
He just sat there, evidently speechless. He finally put his head down and his voice was
so low, I could barely hear him.
I don t think I can go through with it. I feel so guilty, he moaned.
Yes. I know. I did, too. But Josh told me, and I ve come to agree with him, that the
world isn t ready to know the truth about us. I figured out for myself that I didn t have the
right to make a decision that would affect every were in the world.
That s what Robert said as well.
When I found out that Robert was were, I was furious at him for not telling you and
offering you the change. Josh had to explain to me that he wasn t allowed to by the Pack
Master in Seattle. I think that is very wrong. Robert loves you. He has every right to tell you
and to offer you the chance to save yourself. That s why he wants to move here, to save you.
Doesn t that mean anything to you?
Yes, when you put it that way, it does. So, did you let Josh change you?
Yes. I just went through my first full moon Wednesday night.
And, are you cured?
Yes, I found out last week, I informed him.
He looked at me in shock.
You mean it happens even before you turn into a wolf? Robert didn t say that.
Maybe he doesn t realize how it works. It is very dangerous, however. I nearly died
before the change happened. If Josh hadn t called a were he knew in Seattle who is a doctor
who knew how to treat someone going through the change, I would have died. He has
medicines that he s developed to lessen or prevent the problems that someone might have.
He said that my difficulty was caused by my not getting them early enough. Josh can tell
Robert his name and Robert can get him to treat you early enough so you won t have the
same problems that I did.
So, what was it like, being a wolf?
It was incredible! I said, grinning at him. I felt alive in a way I d never felt before.
Now Josh and I are mates in every possible way.
I m scared, Rusty admitted quietly.
I was, too. But you love Robert, don t you?
More than anything in the world.
And don t you want to spend a long life with him?
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Yes. I do.
Then, really, what other choice do you have? Out of all the men in the world, Robert
has chosen you for a mate. And wolves mate for life, you know.
Really? I didn t know that.
It s true. In the pack, the wolves who mate, usually Alphas, mate for life. So, you see,
Robert is asking for this for himself as well. He doesn t want to lose you. He wants to love
you for a very long time. Isn t that worth it? Isn t that even worth a little guilt and fear?
Rusty looked at me for a moment.
I knew that talking to you would help. And then, he finally smiled. I guess you just
got a new pair of neighbors.
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Chapter Fourteen
Babe! Come on! We re going to be late, Josh hollered to me as he walked into the
bedroom. He stopped and looked at me, his hands on his hips. You re not even dressed yet!
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