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"Scary faces?" he asked, his cheeks paling considerably

"Yeah, you gave thehter just a bit forced "If I didn’t know better, I’d swear they changed color for a second there"

He gave the world’s most aard chuckle "Yeah, that would be weird, huh?"

Really? I’d just given him the perfect opportunity to talk about his other nature, and nothing? Really?

With a disappointed sigh, I gave his shin a little kick, rudgingly admitted, "I want to rip theestured to the cruround

Oddly pleased by his praise, I preened a bit "Never underestimate the short"

Caleb snorted "I think we need to clear out of here before they wake up I’ up his nice e to followto let e And he was handy to have around when one was under attack by parking-lot perverts Still, I had to give hihts!" I protested, although I will admit there wasn’t reen ave hiain"

"Frankly, I’ood-bye note on a larowled, as if he suddenly rery withwith you?"

"I don’t know!"

"That’s not an answer!"

"I know that!" I cried, throwingatdown at Yellow Teeth and Grabby Hands "Should we stash them in my room?"

He nodded toward Yellow Teeth "Get his feet"

"I don’t think so" I gestured at Caleb’s thick upper arht as well do the heavy lifting"

"I didn’t co it up fro fringe benefit So," he asked in a tone far too casual to be sincere, "is there a reason you ran fro down at Yellow Teeth and Grabby Hands, all the while staring sidelong atoverlow-y trick of light over his skin? Maybe the little peculiarities had built up to the point where a "nornored them Had it been a mistake to put that one last barrier between our real lives and ere trying to show each other? Would I have too much to explain now if I told him I knew about were-creatures?

I openedand your connections to my former e ested, "Generalized anxiety So how far are we going today?"

"I don’t know," he said, apparently caught off-guard by e of topic He peered around the abandoned parking lot "Where are we?"

For so And I kept laughing, even as Caleb chucked the unconscious guys into my motel room and locked the door, then led me toward the truck He kept an ar to collapse fro off his protective grip, I held on to his arently lifting me into the truck while I wiped at ht--day--whatever" I sighed as he tucked rabbed his arave me one curt nod and slammed the truck door

We drove for the better part of two hours, lass of theThe strange white buzzing in my head had faded away, and I could feel my muscles unwind from the unbearable tension I’d been under for the last few days Caleb didn’t say a word for the entire drive He barely looked at lued to the road, as if he wasn’t driving on highways he’d wandered on routinely for the better part of five years I closed rateful just to be able to rest them for a few moments

My eyes snapped open as Caleb turned into alot The Burly Bear Inn was no Ritz-Carlton, but it was certainly in better shape than the Right-Price All of the roo had exterior doors, at least, which couldn’t be said of my last "residence" Caleb hopped out of the truck and walked into the et a roon that he trusted h to leave me unsupervised in his truck or a test to see if I would run off again

I bunched my hands into fists to avoid the temptation Because this was not a conversation I wanted to have with Caleb It wasn’t a conversation I wanted to have with anyone The only person I’d ever discussed my marital "difficulties" as Red-burn, and that was over the phone Talking about it face-to-face with Caleb would be considerably ed fro a plastic key fob into his pocket He openedaround his ar toward the first floor of roo where I would even start with my sad, sordid history

Caleb unlocked the door, and I stepped inside the roos, his relentless stare pinning me to my spot on the questionable h"

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