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Nick. My wife, Hannah, is assisting Casey right now with her lunch, but you can meet her in a minute.”
    “Hannah!” a voice that sounded just like the doctor’s screamed in the room. I looked to my left and saw a big birdcage with a large gray bird sitting on the top. He screamed again, and I felt a little creeped out that it sounded just like the doctor. I would hate to be here at night and have it start talking. Nightmares galore, right there.
    “That’s Booma, our African Grey.  He has a very extensive vocabulary, and as you heard, can imitate tones of voice.”  The doctor walked over to the bird and scratched its neck. The bird obviously liked it, but I was still leery. That beak looked sharp. Everything on this rescue could bite me or kill me. I eased over closer to Jake, ready to take cover should it fly over and attack me.
    “He won’t hurt you,” Jake whispered to me, and I stuck my tongue out at him.
    “He’s an animal, they all bite,” I countered, using his own words against him. He didn’t say anything, but his eyes skimmed over me, then came back up to meet mine, desire burning in those blue pools. He wanted to bite me. I felt my cheeks blush a little, because to be honest, I wanted him to. My mind had started thinking about all the wicked things I wanted to do to him, when a woman entered the room, carrying a little tiger in her arms.
    “Casey is eating better; she drank the whole bottle in a snap. Oh, hi, Jake!” She had really curly black hair and deep brown eyes.  She was in decent shape, but then considering the load she was carrying, I could see how she looked good. 
    “Give me my girl.” Jake walked over to her and lifted the little orange tiger right out of her arms. Did tigers purr? Because I’m pretty sure I heard it purr as it snuggled in his arms.
    “I’m Hannah, Nick’s wife and other vet on the premises. We help take care of all the animals when they need us.”  She smiled and rubbed the tiger’s head.
    “Cammy, Jake’s hostage for the week.” I smiled, then went to peek at the kitty in Jake’s arms. I was curious about the mysterious Casey.
    Now, maybe it was my maternal clock ticking away, or maybe it was like what happened with Jacob imprinting on Renesmee in Twilight , but when I looked into that little tiger’s eyes, something in me clicked. I wanted to care for that little cub. I wanted her to grow into a big tiger and be happy.
    “Hi, baby. Oh, you are such a pretty girl,” I cooed at the cub. I walked over and for the first time in my life, I wasn’t afraid that an animal was going to bite my fingers off.  I knew she could eat me, even at her size, if she wanted to, but I was oddly unconcerned.
    Her big, blue eyes were watching me as she brought her paws up to bat Jake’s face playfully.
    Be still my heart.
    “Yes, you are going to grow up and be a bad ass tiger, aren’t you?”  Something had to have possessed me. I was baby talking to a tiger. I reached out and her paws touched my hand. I felt claws, but not in a bad way. She was batting my fingers.
    “She likes you.” Jake’s voice was husky. My hand moved back to my side and my eyes flew up to his. He was looking at me with even more hunger in his gaze. Oh hell.
    “I like her too,” I admitted. I heard a growl from the man consuming my thoughts and looked down at the tiger. I didn’t want to embarrass myself by jumping on him in front of the doctors. Swiftly Jake walked towards Hannah and handed Casey back to her. I may have heard the little tiger meow nooo , but that could have been in my head.
    “I’ve got more to show Cammy; I’ll be back later for Casey. It’s my week.” I barely had time to say goodbye before Jake was dragging my ass back out to the ATV.
    “I wasn’t done talking to them, you brute!” I took a step back but was lifted up and placed on the machine in seconds. Holy strong arms, Batman! Instead of Jake sitting in front of me, this time he was behind me, his chest