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so delightfully delighted.
    “Of
course.”  Dr. White agreed.  “Do whatever you want with her.  Just remember
that we’re on a schedule here and…”  The intercom on her desk buzzed and she
reached over to hit it.  “Yes?”
    “Dr.
White?  The cameras are all down and the security office is burning.  We think
it was the fire imps, again.  The dwarves say they need you.”
    “Oh
for God’s sake… I have to do everything around here.”  Dr. White got to
her feet and went stalking towards the door.  “See him back to the craft room,
Ramona.”  As she passed, she ran her mirrored talons across the width of
Marrok’s shoulder.  “I’ll be expecting a detailed update later, Wolf.”  She
leaned down closer to his ear.  “ Very detailed.”
    Marrok
shifted out from under her touch, stifling a cringe.  He didn’t like being
pawed at, especially not in front of his True Love.  He hadn’t been interested
in Dr. White before he found Letty, so he sure as shit wasn’t interested
now.  Wolves were loyal to their True Loves.  Always.  Something else Good folk
could never wrap their brains around.
    One
day, Dr. White was going to stop with the “subtle” and start with the demands. 
It was a big reason why he tried to play nice at the WUB Club and not draw her
attention.  He wasn’t going to do what the person in charge of assigning
electroshock therapy wanted him to do.  That wasn’t a great spot to be
in.
    Scarlett’s
eyes narrowed.  Her head whipped around to look at him as Dr. White swept from
the room.  “She’s sexually harassing you!”  She said with righteous indignation
    Marrok’s
jaw ticked.  “Yeah, well, I’m just an irresistible guy.”
    “It’s
not a joke.”  Scarlett had been openly hostile to him for weeks, mostly because
he’d been trying to get a rise out of her.  Now, her hostility faded and she
gazed at him with genuine concern.  “Does she treat you that way all the time?”
    “A
lot of people treat me that way.”  He said flatly.
    “People
just expect you to sleep with them, because you’re good looking?”
    “People
expect me to sleep with them, because they think I’ll trade sex for whatever it
is they’re offering.  Buying yourself a player for the night is just part of the
wonderful game of Wolfball.”
    “That’s
not a game.”
    Why
would this girl be the only one to understand that?  Not even Marrok could
explain his hatred of the age-old process.  Good folk were constantly angered
and confused by his resistance.  Most of his Badness arrests were directly
related to his refusal to submit.  But, even knowing that it would just mean
more pain and trouble, he’d never willingly sold himself.  Maybe, on some level,
he’d been imagining this exact conversation with his True Love.  He’d wanted to
be able to look her in the eye and tell the truth.
    He
met her gaze.  “You were right earlier.  I never wanted to be a part of those
stupid games.  A lot of us don’t.  They force the wolves into it.  Out there is
worse than in here for me.  No matter where I go, I’m caged.  At least here, I
don’t get attacked or pawed at as much.”
    “You’re
supposed to be safe in this hospital, though.  Instead, Dr. White is using her
position to exploit you. You shouldn’t have to put up with being threatened,
Marrok.”
    “I
have never touched that woman.”  It was important that she know that.  “I won’t
sleep with Snow White, not matter how many times she offers me a better room,
or a shortened sentence, or a…”
    “Of
course you won’t!”  Letty interrupted as if that was obvious.
    Even
Marrok had questioned why he bothered to resist Dr. White.  He could’ve been
out of here months ago if he just submitted.  He’d done far worse things, but
he’d never been able to bring himself to even consider it.  Scarlett clearly
never doubted he’d make the pointlessly moral choice, though.
    He
wasn’t sure what to make of