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Noon Sun high overhead, or as high as ti allowed Heat and war on branch over black water Beloater swirled with good-to-eat fish Or alligator, good to eat, not good to fight in water

On bank of swa with flies Buzzards flapped in trees, smart birds to wait until Beast was finished with prey S in nostrils Good smells Good hunt Good prey

Beast?

Jane

IWhat happened? So landed on us Jane stirred in re attacked us We are safe Bruiser is not safe Rick is gone Mate is gone

Jane did not answer, silent like black water, slow and cold inter rains After long tiht, Was that Rick’s Soul that attacked us?

No Have thought like Jane thinks Hard to do Thing was samespecies, Jane calls type of anihed in one

Yeah He is

Big-cats do not er proble ex-boyfriend and a catwoman in heat

Or we can find mate-Ricky-Bo and take him from lie-false-bad mate Kill lie-false-bad mate

No Jane looked away, into the dark of me No Tell me about Bruiser

I/we smelled his blood on streets when Beast becauess we don’t have a phone

Beast snorted Beast cannot carry phone Beast cannot dial phone Beast cannot talk on phone And Jane cannot be alpha until sundown

Yeah There is that pesky probleht

Beast twitched ears Aator to fight if Jane needs blood and battle

I’ll pass, thanks, Jane thought

We can go to Aggie One Feather’s den She is there now

Yeah? You planning on eating her?

No Snorted with ay human

I prohter We are close I will take us there and shift near stinky-smoke-fire-hot place

Thanks The closer the better I don’t have any clothes, you know?

Jane should keep Beast pelt and claws instead of human skin