Page 23 (1/2)

Chapter Ten

No question "I saw a fighter," she said "A jaguar kicking a bear’s ass Then you turned into a powerful ht up to e to do it I had to pretend you were a horse"

The remote look fled Spike blinked "A horse? What the fk?"

"Don’t get your ego into a big twist I have to ith difficult horses sometimes Mean shits--the stallions can be tricky, but soet on their bad sides Geldings are the easiest to ith"

"Don’t even look at rinned and held up her hands "See? No scalpel, no anesthetic What I erous, I have to walk right up to hiainst you You have to be head of the herd and let the to take their shit"

Spike’s tension didn’t ease "You have to show you’re dominant"

"Exactly Just because I’h me about ten tiood Shifter"

"I figured, if it worked with horses, it ht ith Shifters The difference is that Shifters can think like huerous"

"So, I’m sged "It’s the way I think"

His eyes glinted "How long did it take you to figure out I was smarter than a horse?"

"Mhter, that’s Spike"

Myka put her hand on his thigh "I was teasing"

"I know"

His voice gentled again, and Spike put his hand over hers The warht

"It’s what Gavan sees," Spike said after a time "Even what Liam sees"

"Who’s Gavan?"