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“Like I said, that part isn’t up toto have to take his chances with Duke”

“Are you really not going to kill me?”

“I’ by the ti

Bobby uncurled his fingers and reached toward ers to his until ere holding hands through the bars “I just want to hug you I want to hug everyone”

Leduc’s voice cae that”

Angel moved out of the doorway for the sheriff Apparently her flirting with hiotten to that point Good to know I moved back out of the way so he could unlock the cell door Bobby stepped back fro up

Leduc stood there just inside the cell, looking at the younger man, and said, “I’m happier than I kno to say that you didn’t hurt Ray, and you’re getting out of here” Then he held his arrin on his face that ht had lifted They hugged, Leduc patting Bobby on the back as they ended it

I was standing almost behind the open cell door, so when Leduc let Bobby out into the little hallway, Bobby went the other direction for the hug fest He hugged everyone, including Olaf, which was fun The bigger man just stood there with his hands sort of out to the side as if he was so unaccustoed that he didn’t kno to do it

Bobby hugged Angel and kissed her on the cheek, and she returned the favor When he came to me, he leane

d down so that I could bury my face in the bend of his neck the way I had in the cell e’d al of soap and shampoo, of him, and underneath all that was the faint hint of leopard My inner leopard looked up froold eyes as she sniffed the scent of him We liked Bobby, and then I realized, we realized, it wasn’t just his leopard ere sensing I turned still in his arms to find Pierette at the doorway, alreen before she slipped her sunglasses on to hide the leopard eyes in her human face

Bobby sniffed the air and then snuffled next toit wasn’t ainst ainst hih Heatfrom Bobby

It wasn’t Angel, as standing farther into the hallway past us It s for the rains to fall under a merciless sun Soinated in, not like fur and skin—lions were one of those I looked at Olaf, and he had his sunglasses on, too, but I didn’t need to see his eyes to know they’d changed to lion

Bobby shivered besidehis arms “What is that?”

The fact that he had to ask instead of being able to figure it out said either he was that weak or he had no practice with other shapeshifters Maybe both Olaf turned and went for the door, taking his skin-dancing energy with him

Pierette stuotten out of his way or he’d bumped her, but I knew he hadn’t touched her Shit Now that Bobby was safe, did Pierette think the honey trap for Olaf was back on?