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got it right. Don’t get me wrong, I know we
won’t be perfect, but nothing ever is.”
    Kirby smiled. “Thanks, I think. I’m looking forward to
getting to know you more too.”
    Kissing her forehead, he continued. “Answering your question…no,
you will not grow old while I stay young. My biting you transferred something into
you. I don’t know what to call it. Faith says it’s magic, and for the sake of
this discussion, let’s just say it is. So because of my bite and my penis
locking inside you, and so forth, you will age at the same rate as me, heal
quicker, gain extra strength, and have all around a lot more energy.”
    Kirby knew she must look a fool with her eyes large and a mouth
that wouldn’t shut, but she didn’t care. Her mind raced with all the
possibilities of these new abilities she would have, and she also realized that
with Rane being what he was, he wouldn’t be scared away by her family.
    Snapping her mouth shut, she hugged Rane as tight as possible.
“This is fantastic news. With your super strength, and now my added abilities,
you won’t be scared away by my brothers. For once, maybe I could win a fight,
have a boyfriend. Oh, you could probably kick their arses for me and not even
break a sweat.”
    He chuckled, which made his rock hard chest vibrate. Mmm,
she loved his body.
    “After everything I’ve just told you, the first thing you
think about and are happy about is that I’ll be able to beat your brothers up? And,
little red, we are a lot more than just boyfriend and girlfriend.”
    He growled the last and pulled her lips to meet his. She
melted into his embrace as his hand moved down her back. Pulling her mouth away
from Rane’s, she stared into his eyes. She had so many questions.
    “Will I be able to run faster, or do you think you could
teach me to beat my brothers in a fight?”
    Rane sat up, pulling her with him, laughing. “You are a
blood thirsty woman.”
    She whacked Rane’s chest, but he just laughed harder. “It’s
not funny. I’m serious.”
    “Oh, I know you are, that’s what’s so funny. You have just
learnt that you’re mated to a werewolf forever, and you’ll live longer, among
other things, but all that matters to you is that you get payback at your
brothers.”
    She whacked him again. “What is so funny? I’m so sick of
being picked last for every family sport thing. That’s not the worst though,
when I was younger, they always picked on me, and even though I have an animal affinity,
I still am not a fan of stick bugs, mice, rats, spiders, and snails. Do you
know what I would find in my bed all the time? I even woke up screaming several
times to mice crawling on me, or bugs, but the worst had to be the two hairy
huntsmen spiders.” She shivered, remembering that morning. “They got worse as
they got older. I never got to date, or make friends, as they were all
terrified of my brothers.”
    Rane hugged her tighter in a lame excuse to comfort her, but
it was lost on her, being he was laughing so hard. She whacked him a couple more
times until he let go and she got off the bed. He was laughing so hard she
didn’t think he even noticed.
    “It’s not funny. You’re acting just like them, and they’re
one of the reasons I left, so I wouldn’t be picked on, and to make some
friends, be independent, learn to stick up for myself against overbearing
arseholes.” Turning, she started looking for her clothes. All men were idiots!
    * * * *
    Rane tried to stop laughing, really he did, especially
knowing Kirby was getting cranky and looking for her clothes. The problem was
he and his brothers would never do anything like that to their sisters, but their
sisters would, and did, do stuff like that to them.
    “I’m sorry, little red. I’m not just laughing at how cute
you are, I’m laughing because in our house it was the other way around, the
girls would terrorize us.” He grabbed her waist, pulling her back on the bed
when she reached down to get one