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urges were building and that concerned him. On Anterra he could run for hours when he wanted his freedom. Maybe he needed to get something out of his system.
    “No. I’m going for a run. Care to join me?”
    Cavon waved a hand. “You go ahead. I want to do some research.”
    Malik laughed. “What kind of research?”
    Cavon shrugged. “You wouldn’t understand. It’s work related. I found out I can go to the library and look things up on the computer.”
    Like you know how to use the Earth operating system? The last time they’d come, they’d tried to figure out their computers. While the process was similar, none of the icons were similar.
    Don’t you bother yourself about me. I’m going to be in self-improvement mode.
    He didn’t like the gap that was growing between them even in this short period of time. “Talk to Amy. She responds to you. Let me know what time our date is.”
    Without commenting, Malik strode out of the hotel room. He debated shifting right in front of the world but the last thing he wanted to do was make Amy uncomfortable. Acting like a normal person, he took the ski lift to the top and headed to his spot in the woods. As soon as his feet hit the lush earth, he jogged, slowly working the kinks out of his system. Staying in a room for hours was about to drive him batty. Only by chasing animals and racing up trees might he be able to get his head on straight.
    He had a few hours before he had to be back, showered and ready to go with his date. His cock jerked. Stop thinking about Amy . That caused a laugh to escape. Not going to happen anytime soon.
    His pace increased the farther he got into the forest. The clean air filled his lungs and he was beginning to feel right again. Except in the high country, Anterra rarely had such cool air. He loved how his lungs filled faster and better.
    Without even thinking, his pace slowed. Someone was here. They were lion shifters. Gage and Will probably hadn’t been able to come through the alignment point yet to start their honeymoon. That was one bad part of trying to travel between the two realities. The unpredictability often screwed up the best of plans.
    He reached a fork and instead of taking the left one, which was where they’d come from, he made a right. A sign pointed to a gold mine. He’d never seen one of those and it might be fun to learn what that entailed.
    As he got closer, he decided to stay in human form instead of shift. There could be non-shifters there as well that he was unable to detect. However, if he powered in as a mountain lion, it would evacuate the place pretty fast. He was so tempted to have the fun, but the image of Amy’s face came to mind. Embarrassing her was the last thing he needed.
    He jogged close enough to sense three shifters. From the scent, one was the kid, Jeremy. As he neared, he scanned the place. Only three boys were there, all in their scrawny, human form. He stood far enough away to see, but he doubted anyone of them would sense his presence. They were too focused on Jeremy, who was teaching these cubs how to fight. To get a better look, he shifted and raced up a nearby tree. He chanced leaping to a tree closer for a better view. As he stretched out on a tree branch, an inner peace filled him.
    Jeremy waved his hands. “Don’t try to learn any specific choreographed moves because the mind is not fast enough to figure out every possible attack.”
    Pride seeped in that the boy remembered what he’d said.
    “So it’s like a big brawl?” one of the beefier kids asked.
    “Yeah. Come at me, and I’ll try to be like Malik.”
    For some reason he had the need to join them and give them some real lessons this time. He scurried down the tree and pretended to scare them, but not before warning Jeremy that he was coming.
    As soon as he broke through the leaf cover, two of the boys jumped back.
    That was cool, dude. Jeremy rushed toward them and waved his hands. “ Guys, this is the one I told you about .