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"The definition of rown er"

--Olivia, fallen Sent One

KATARINA: 0 BADEN: 1

Potrebujeotten her desire to train Baden the instant he’d looked at Fox with yearning--yearning for a wo

When his expression had projected anger i had stemmed from camaraderie rather than sensuality As if he’d seen an old friend after years apart, and both looks had been directed at Distrust

He hated the dehtly sobut perhaps he ht now, he trusted hi his best to turn hihter whose only instinct was to attack

Well, too bad for Hades Pit bulls were actually gentle giants When raised right, they were sweethearts through and through

Tiht And she had a plan A trial by fire Or rather, a trial by touch

Touch was the greatest tool in her arsenal While Baden used guns and knives to convey a e, she used her hands Skin-to-fur--or skin-to-skin contact created a bond between two creatures--uh, people Touch said you are not alone Touch said I’et her hands on hiain

Biscuit and Gravy nipped at her pockets as she led them to the bedrooold curtains, portraits of kings and queens hung throughout, and hand-carved furniture She’d just finished baking sugar-free dog cookies, the plastic bags in her pockets stuffed with the cru obeyed, she passed out treats

Before offering another, she asked the boys to shake her hand "Good job, guys"

They devoured the next round, and she thought she uard against the pain of another loss? Humans needed love to survive Love was sustenance Love was life The more she poured into others, the more others could pour into her

Biscuit licked her hand Gravy hopped around like a bunny as he tried to bite his brother’s tail, intending to use it as a chew toy A friendly bout of wrestling broke out The two exuded more happiness every day, not to mention a un to think they’dworked best with puppies that were calm and confident fro startled thes couldn’t be trained, but it was often the sahtened er twitched every tis tended to have selective hearing and often ignored their handler’s co anyone, even their handler, out of fear for their own safety, not out of a desire to protect

Biscuit and Gravy probably hadn’t been socialized andby the way they reacted to strangers, but they definitely had the necessary confidence They also had a high prey drive, which was another essential The need to find, pursue and capture food Or, one day, bad guys

The two had already excelled at basic obedience training, and though she’d only just begun teaching them to track--toys, treats, and one day, if she decided to take thes--they’d proven adept at that, too, with a keen sense of saaave the--was used as a chew toy They played tug-of-ith it, driving their exciteoal was never to hurt but to hang on to the toy until she told theression And love them Always love them

So many people who’d paid for her services had asked how she worked such s Her ansofold One, she picked her pups froift And two, affection gave birth to protection It was as sis, the ones she’d rescued fros, had needed more affection and reassurance than these two Even more ti as it had been exhilarating Another reason she’d had to re after her mother’s death