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your muscles. Are you flexing for me?"
"Not particularly," I said with a smirk. "Did you want me to?"
She didn't answer. Instead, she withdrew her hand but she began exploring my body -- not even the intimate places. She set her hand on my arm.
"Flex," she ordered.
I chuckled but did.
"Oh my god!" she said. "You're like a rock. Do you know what I want to do?"
"I have a few ideas."
"Do your ideas involve you posing for my camera?"
I laughed. "I'm no body builder, Zoe. I'm just blessed with genetics."
"Is it genetics?" she asked. "Is Lara built like this, too?"
"Yes."
Just then, there was a buzz, and a moment later, Zoe slapped herself. "See? I kill mosquitoes."
"We should go," I replied. "But you asked about howling at the moon."
"Is that why we're out here?"
"Partly. And I thought a picnic would be lovely. Go ahead. You first."
"Me? You're the one who admits she howls."
"Ah, but it was your idea."
She looked at me for a moment then sat up. She lifted her nose to the sky and offered a wolf howl. For a human voice, it wasn't that bad, and better than Michaela would have done.
Then she lowered her nose and turned to me. "Your turn."
I sat up next to her and lifted my own nose. It pained me, but I intentionally offered a human version of a howl, cringing inwardly as I did so. If the pack heard me, I'd never hear the end of it.
"Oh please," she said when I was done. "You can do better than that."
I nudged her with a shoulder. "We have land near Bayfield. When we're up there, sometimes we sing to the wolves. Sometimes they answer."
She shook her head.
"What?"
"Everything about you is the opposite from me. You're so close to your family, and it sounds like there are a lot of you."
"It's a clan, not just a family," I explained. "We're pretty tightly knit."
"Kissing cousins?" she asked. "Are Angel and Scarlett second cousins twice removed or something?"
I laughed. "No. They may share a little blood, but if so, it's pretty distant and would only be on Scarlett's mother's side. Scarlett's father, Nick, is new to our clan. Well, he was new when they married, anyway."
"Like Michaela?"
"Michaela is even more distant. You may have noticed the utter lack of similarity."
Zoe laughed. "Yeah, in a one of these doesn't belong sort of way."
"Michaela took our clan by storm," I said. "She's had her detractors, but she is nearly universally loved."
"She seemed very intense."
I nodded. "Okay, let's hear another how l, then it's time to escape the mosquitoes."
Together, we lifted our no ses and added our feeble voices to the night sky. And I tried very hard not to cringe.
Shower
We held hands during the car ride back to her apartment, sitting quietly most of the time. When we arrived, I grabbed her keys before she could pick them up.
"Inviting yourself in?"
I grinned. "Yep."
"Good."
Outside, I took her hand again. We arrived at the front door, and I avoided sneering, barely. The building was in violation of local and state ordinances regarding, well, almost everything. No, we wouldn't have any trouble getting Zoe out of her lease. We wouldn't have any trouble at all.
There was a lock on the front exterior door. It was broken and looked like it had been for some time. It was a cheap door, besides, and I was hopelessly unimpressed. We stepped right in, and a minute later, I was unlocking her apartment door.
Zoe was surprised when I didn't hold the door for her. Instead, I stepped into her apartment and quickly searched the place, including the bathroom and the closets. When I turned to her, she offered a puzzled expression.
"Professional habit," I said. "Anyone could have been here while we were gone."
She closed the apartment door and flipped the deadbolt. I moved to her, setting her keys down, and then took her hands in mine. She smiled at me, a little shyly.
"You're home, safe and sound, Zoe," I said.
"So I am," she replied. "Are you staying a while?"
I nodded slowly then, walking backwards, I began
"Not particularly," I said with a smirk. "Did you want me to?"
She didn't answer. Instead, she withdrew her hand but she began exploring my body -- not even the intimate places. She set her hand on my arm.
"Flex," she ordered.
I chuckled but did.
"Oh my god!" she said. "You're like a rock. Do you know what I want to do?"
"I have a few ideas."
"Do your ideas involve you posing for my camera?"
I laughed. "I'm no body builder, Zoe. I'm just blessed with genetics."
"Is it genetics?" she asked. "Is Lara built like this, too?"
"Yes."
Just then, there was a buzz, and a moment later, Zoe slapped herself. "See? I kill mosquitoes."
"We should go," I replied. "But you asked about howling at the moon."
"Is that why we're out here?"
"Partly. And I thought a picnic would be lovely. Go ahead. You first."
"Me? You're the one who admits she howls."
"Ah, but it was your idea."
She looked at me for a moment then sat up. She lifted her nose to the sky and offered a wolf howl. For a human voice, it wasn't that bad, and better than Michaela would have done.
Then she lowered her nose and turned to me. "Your turn."
I sat up next to her and lifted my own nose. It pained me, but I intentionally offered a human version of a howl, cringing inwardly as I did so. If the pack heard me, I'd never hear the end of it.
"Oh please," she said when I was done. "You can do better than that."
I nudged her with a shoulder. "We have land near Bayfield. When we're up there, sometimes we sing to the wolves. Sometimes they answer."
She shook her head.
"What?"
"Everything about you is the opposite from me. You're so close to your family, and it sounds like there are a lot of you."
"It's a clan, not just a family," I explained. "We're pretty tightly knit."
"Kissing cousins?" she asked. "Are Angel and Scarlett second cousins twice removed or something?"
I laughed. "No. They may share a little blood, but if so, it's pretty distant and would only be on Scarlett's mother's side. Scarlett's father, Nick, is new to our clan. Well, he was new when they married, anyway."
"Like Michaela?"
"Michaela is even more distant. You may have noticed the utter lack of similarity."
Zoe laughed. "Yeah, in a one of these doesn't belong sort of way."
"Michaela took our clan by storm," I said. "She's had her detractors, but she is nearly universally loved."
"She seemed very intense."
I nodded. "Okay, let's hear another how l, then it's time to escape the mosquitoes."
Together, we lifted our no ses and added our feeble voices to the night sky. And I tried very hard not to cringe.
Shower
We held hands during the car ride back to her apartment, sitting quietly most of the time. When we arrived, I grabbed her keys before she could pick them up.
"Inviting yourself in?"
I grinned. "Yep."
"Good."
Outside, I took her hand again. We arrived at the front door, and I avoided sneering, barely. The building was in violation of local and state ordinances regarding, well, almost everything. No, we wouldn't have any trouble getting Zoe out of her lease. We wouldn't have any trouble at all.
There was a lock on the front exterior door. It was broken and looked like it had been for some time. It was a cheap door, besides, and I was hopelessly unimpressed. We stepped right in, and a minute later, I was unlocking her apartment door.
Zoe was surprised when I didn't hold the door for her. Instead, I stepped into her apartment and quickly searched the place, including the bathroom and the closets. When I turned to her, she offered a puzzled expression.
"Professional habit," I said. "Anyone could have been here while we were gone."
She closed the apartment door and flipped the deadbolt. I moved to her, setting her keys down, and then took her hands in mine. She smiled at me, a little shyly.
"You're home, safe and sound, Zoe," I said.
"So I am," she replied. "Are you staying a while?"
I nodded slowly then, walking backwards, I began
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