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"You keep saying wo up some of the male dancers, too"

"We are, but most of them came from Guilty Pleasures, and Jean-Claude always made us put on a real show there The other wereani about it, either"

"They know if they don&039;t do what they&039;re told, it will get back to the head of their aniroup," Micah said

Jason smiled at him "Yeah, Caleb is sooo not happy that you made him "

Micah gave a save him a choice of jobs that wouldhe needed more money I&039;m his Niht stripping was the lesser evil"

"We got tired of hirinned "He does like to bitch, O Leopard Queen"

I was queen to Micah&039;s king, but I was still technically hue shapes Blood tests had proved I carried several different kinds of lycanthropy inside me, but I stayed human The lycanthropy virus protected its host from all disease, which should have ht the first, but my body seemed able to collect theed to be carriers of multi-strains but not shapeshift We&039;d been the inspiration for the lycanthropy vaccine that had begun to be used ide My bit for medical science With every new animal, there was the potential that I could call that ani not to do that again

I turned to Nathaniel "You recognized Bennington &039;s wife, didn&039;t you?"

He nodded, face serious "She was a fur-fucker"

"A what?" I asked

Jason explained, "They&039;re like badge bunnies for cops, or group ies for bands They just want to fuck us because we turn furry once a ot private dances, but she was like most of the fur-fuckers She seemed to think that ere anies, as if because we have a beast inside us we can&039;t say no, or don&039;t have the right to say no"

Jason frowned "I used to do it after work, never for money, but just because a woman was hot, and she wanted er in the zoo if it wouldn&039;t eat them, and they didn&039;t think of ed Nathaniel with one ar "I&039;m sorry that people are so stupid"

Micah leaned in atin the booth, which didn&039;t quite work, but still got the job done Nathaniel and Jason were soal

"Did anyone at the club cross the line with the wife?" I asked

Nathaniel shook his head "Jean-Claude&039;s really strict about that, so no There are a few dancers and bouncers that will do the fur-fuckers, but she wanted one of us to do it in the private dance area right then That was her fantasy and she wasn&039;t settling for fucking one of us later in a hotel room, or so she informed Graham, after he offered to meet her after work"

Graham was a olf and a bouncer, not a dancer, but he was cute enough

"A blow to his ego," I said

"Not as bad a hit as the fact that you keep refusing hi it was a sore point with ot back on point "Did she get kicked out?"

Nathaniel nodded "Security had to escort her outside, because she wouldn&039;t take no fro to up the price as if hores"

I leaned ainst his, not sure what to say, because when I&039;d first h-priced one catering to an elite clientele, but in the end there had been too many clients anted hie and still survive It was too h trade, even for someone who enjoyed pain the way Nathaniel did

"A lot of people think that about strippers," Jason said

"I know," Nathaniel said

"I thought ere supposed to cheer up Anita," Micah said, "not be the gloolance, then Jason grinned at eously"

"You said that, and just assu," Nathaniel said

Jason airin at hied, and nodded

"Then let the flirting begin," Jason said

I was a little nervous about what outrageouslyover the confused me

When Jason had said he and Nathaniel would flirt outrageously, I thought they&039;d roup, but when the waiter caed The waiter started out very sure of himself: "I&039; beside Nathaniel, so I got a very good look at what happened to the waiter&039;s face when Nathaniel looked up at him That&039;s all he did, just raise that face, and those eyes, and stare directly at the waiter-ent fro No, I&039;an to staht order Nathaniel, having noticed the reaction, smiled at him, which didn&039;t help at all The waiter finally, in desperation, said, "Drinks, drinks, can I bring you drinks?"

"Yes," I said, we all said, "drinks would be good"

He took our drink orders while staring at Nathaniel, whichdohich led et e ordered, but ere all merciful and let him flee the table for somewhere safe from Nathaniel&039;s charm

Jason turned to me and Micah "Can he flirt with the waiter?"

"No," we said in unison Micah said, "Please don&039;t, because we&039;ll either get great service or terrible service, and we need to get Anita back to work"

Then, of course, it being me, I felt compelled to ask, "Do you want to flirt with the waiter?"

"Before I ith the two of you I would have, but I know it makes you uncomfortable"

"Which is why I asked for him," Jason said

I looked at Micah, and we had a irl I couldn&039;t trust to silent co "Do we take sos for Nathaniel?"

Nathaniel answered, "No, I would never trade being able to flirt with strangers for living at our house with you guys When I could flirt hoever I wanted, I wasn&039;t very happy; now I&039;ently, since I earing bright lipstick His mouth came aith a faint hint of red Jason said, "Waiter is co this way; if you want to play with hi all over Nathaniel"

I didn&039;t argue with Jason, because if anyone knew the rules for teasing people, it was hi there He had our drink orders correct, which ood service after all

He took our orders while looking at Nathaniel as if the rest of us didn&039;t exist He spoke to us, even wrote doe said, but he never looked at anyone else Nathaniel didn&039;t do anything but just looked pleasantly at hi, too Just letting another hu know that you "see" the Nathaniel had taughtis about sex You flirt, in a ith friends, family, even a job interviewer; you want the, that you care I&039;d learned that I wasn&039;t very good at letting anyone know I liked the to flirt in a more broad sense had made me a more pleasant person all around, but then it would have been hard to be less pleasant

There was silence around the table, and I realized that everyone was looking at me; finally even the waiter looked I blinked up at him "I&039;m sorry, what?"

"What do you want to order?" Micah said

I had no idea "I&039;m sorry, but I don&039;t knohat I want"

The waiter&039;s eyes flicked back to Nathaniel, then at ive you a few minutes, then check back"