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[18+] “Victor Tremblay in: The Three Lakes Incident” by Pascal Farful (part 1 of 2)
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[18+] Victor's libido lands lands him in a deadly race against a fascist smear campaign out to destroy the lives of him and those he loves most.

Today’s story is the first of two parts of “Victor Tremblay in: The Three Lakes Incident” by Pascal Farful, who has been featured in three anthologies by the Furry Historical Fiction Society, and you can find more of his stories on his SoFurry page.

Read for you by Rob MacWolf — werewolf hitchhiker.

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headline:

very

headline:

gay

headline:

club

headline:

I

headline:

was

headline:

in

headline:

last

headline:

night.

“The

headline:

first

headline:

five

headline:

today,

headline:

five

headline:

more

headline:

every

headline:

week.”

headline:

I

headline:

recited

headline:

from

headline:

the

headline:

end

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

article.
“Do

headline:

you

headline:

know

headline:

the

headline:

people

headline:

in

headline:

it?”

headline:

Charles

headline:

asked

headline:

calmly.
“I

headline:

know

headline:

the

headline:

names,

headline:

sure,

headline:

but

headline:

only

headline:

one

headline:

of

headline:

them

headline:

that

headline:

I’m

headline:

aware

headline:

of

headline:

is

headline:

actually

headline:

gay.”

headline:

I

headline:

said. “At

headline:

least…

headline:

was

headline:

open

headline:

about

headline:

it

headline:

to

headline:

me.

headline:

Not

headline:

that

headline:

it

headline:

was

headline:

my

headline:

business…

headline:

Ugh!

headline:

What am I

headline:

saying?”

headline:

I throw

headline:

the

headline:

paper

headline:

on the ground. “Esti d'épais à marde! It’s a fucking

headline:

hit

headline:

list!

headline:

It

headline:

doesn’t

headline:

matter

headline:

if

headline:

they’re

headline:

true

headline:

or

headline:

not.”

headline:

My

headline:

head

headline:

rung

headline:

like

headline:

a

headline:

bell.

headline:

There’s

headline:

never

headline:

a

headline:

good

headline:

time

headline:

for

headline:

a

headline:

hangover,

headline:

but

headline:

this

headline:

may

headline:

be

headline:

the

headline:

worst.
“Is

headline:

there

headline:

anything

headline:

that

headline:

links

headline:

these

headline:

targets

headline:

together?

headline:

Why

headline:

pick

headline:

these

headline:

people

headline:

in

headline:

particular

headline:

to

headline:

smear?”

headline:

Charles

headline:

asked,

headline:

putting

headline:

his

headline:

paw

headline:

on

headline:

my

headline:

hand

headline:

to

headline:

try

headline:

and

headline:

calm

headline:

me.
“The

headline:

choices

headline:

are

headline:

so

headline:

precise,

headline:

so

headline:

wide

headline:

ranging…

headline:

I

headline:

have

headline:

to

headline:

believe

headline:

they’ve

headline:

picked

headline:

people

headline:

they

headline:

can

headline:

frame

headline:

effectively,

headline:

not

headline:

just

headline:

targets

headline:

they

headline:

want

headline:

to

headline:

strike

headline:

down.”

headline:

I

headline:

pick

headline:

the

headline:

paper

headline:

back

headline:

up

headline:

again

headline:

and

headline:

breathe.
“What

headline:

do

headline:

we

headline:

do

headline:

if

headline:

they

headline:

manage

headline:

to

headline:

out

headline:

you?”
I

headline:

gulp. “If

headline:

we’re

headline:

lucky,

headline:

I

headline:

go

headline:

to

headline:

prison

headline:

for 20

headline:

years.

headline:

If

headline:

we’re unlucky,

headline:

you

headline:

learn

headline:

Quebecois as

headline:

fast

headline:

as

headline:

you

headline:

can

headline:

and

headline:

get

headline:

a

headline:

passport.”

headline:

I

headline:

whisper. “‘Cause

headline:

homosexuality

headline:

is

headline:

a

headline:

felony,

headline:

Charles.

headline:

Sexual

headline:

acts

headline:

in

headline:

a

headline:

night club,

headline:

not

headline:

to

headline:

mention

headline:

the

headline:

drug

headline:

charges…

headline:

if

headline:

I’m

headline:

not

headline:

rotting

headline:

in

headline:

a

headline:

prison

headline:

cell,

headline:

I’m

headline:

getting

headline:

deported

headline:

back

headline:

to

headline:

Canada

headline:

to

headline:

face

headline:

even

headline:

worse

headline:

from

headline:

my

headline:

parents.”
I

headline:

shook

headline:

myself

headline:

to

headline:

attention.

headline:

Misery

headline:

won’t

headline:

fix

headline:

this. “Did

headline:

everyone

headline:

get

headline:

one

headline:

of

headline:

these

headline:

through their

headline:

postbox, or

headline:

was it

headline:

just

headline:

us?”

headline:

I

headline:

asked. “Because

headline:

it

headline:

was

headline:

just

headline:

us,

headline:

it’s

headline:

a

headline:

threat. If

headline:

it

headline:

was

headline:

to

headline:

everyone,

headline:

it’s

headline:

a

headline:

promise.”
-
I

headline:

could

headline:

not

headline:

simply

headline:

walk

headline:

into

headline:

the

headline:

offices

headline:

of

headline:

The

headline:

Seattle

headline:

Gazette

headline:

and

headline:

demand to

headline:

know

headline:

what

headline:

the

headline:

source

headline:

was

headline:

on

headline:

the

headline:

story.

headline:

I

headline:

wasn’t

headline:

even

headline:

sure

headline:

if

headline:

I

headline:

could

headline:

walk

headline:

down

headline:

into

headline:

the

headline:

gay

headline:

district

headline:

of

headline:

Seattle

headline:

at

headline:

the

headline:

moment,

headline:

lest

headline:

they were

headline:

out

headline:

looking

headline:

for

headline:

more

headline:

evidence

headline:

on

headline:

me.

headline:

Everyone

headline:

I

headline:

passed,

headline:

I

headline:

looked

headline:

over

headline:

my

headline:

shoulder. I

headline:

scanned

headline:

the

headline:

crowds

headline:

of

headline:

people.

headline:

I

headline:

didn’t

headline:

remember

headline:

what

headline:

safety

headline:

used

headline:

to

headline:

look

headline:

like,

headline:

or

headline:

if

headline:

danger

headline:

has

headline:

always

headline:

been

headline:

there.

headline:

It

headline:

got

headline:

so

headline:

bad that

headline:

I

headline:

could

headline:

have

headline:

sworn

headline:

a

headline:

raccoon

headline:

in

headline:

a

headline:

suit

headline:

was

headline:

tailing

headline:

me.

headline:

But

headline:

eventually

headline:

he

headline:

disappeared

headline:

from

headline:

my

headline:

periphery

headline:

and

headline:

I

headline:

had

headline:

to

headline:

assume

headline:

it was

headline:

just

headline:

paranoia.

As

headline:

I got

headline:

closer

headline:

to

headline:

King

headline:

Street,

headline:

I

headline:

approached

headline:

Jacqueline’s

headline:

news stand.

headline:

With

headline:

local

headline:

radio

headline:

and

headline:

TV

headline:

news,

headline:

an

headline:

actual

headline:

news stand

headline:

is

headline:

nowhere near

headline:

as

headline:

popular

headline:

as

headline:

it

headline:

once

headline:

was,

headline:

but

headline:

having

headline:

a

headline:

contact

headline:

who

headline:

sees

headline:

both

headline:

the

headline:

news

headline:

and

headline:

the

headline:

people

headline:

interacting

headline:

with

headline:

it

headline:

gives

headline:

unparalleled

headline:

access

headline:

to

headline:

the

headline:

word

headline:

on

headline:

the

headline:

street.

The

headline:

corvid

headline:

looked

headline:

tense,

headline:

though

headline:

there’s

headline:

not

headline:

too

headline:

many

headline:

papers

headline:

left

headline:

on

headline:

the

headline:

stand,

headline:

so

headline:

I

headline:

wagered she’d had

headline:

to

headline:

give bad news

headline:

to

headline:

lots

headline:

of

headline:

people

headline:

today.
I

headline:

placed

headline:

down

headline:

a

headline:

pair

headline:

of

headline:

dollars. “Good

headline:

morning

headline:

Jacqueline.

headline:

What

headline:

have

headline:

you

headline:

got?”
She

headline:

took

headline:

a

headline:

deep

headline:

breath

headline:

and

headline:

picked

headline:

up

headline:

one of

headline:

the

headline:

papers.

headline:

It

headline:

wasn’t

headline:

the

headline:

one

headline:

that had

headline:

come

headline:

through

headline:

our

headline:

door,

headline:

but

headline:

I

headline:

quickly

headline:

realised

headline:

it

headline:

was

headline:

still

headline:

covering

headline:

the

headline:

same

headline:

story.
“There’s

headline:

a

headline:

hit

headline:

piece

headline:

in

headline:

the

headline:

papers.”

headline:

She

headline:

explained. “Some

headline:

on

headline:

the

headline:

front

headline:

page,

headline:

some

headline:

a

headline:

few

headline:

pages

headline:

in.

headline:

No

headline:

idea

headline:

where

headline:

it

headline:

came

headline:

from,

headline:

but

headline:

in

headline:

this

headline:

business

headline:

you

headline:

get

headline:

a

headline:

feel

headline:

for

headline:

these

headline:

things.”

headline:

She

headline:

leaned

headline:

in

headline:

closer,

headline:

voice

headline:

lowering, “You’ve

headline:

heard

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

Carnivore

headline:

Brotherhood?”

headline:

She

headline:

said, “A

headline:

gang of

headline:

thugs

headline:

from

headline:

around

headline:

Three

headline:

Lakes.”
“I

headline:

think

headline:

I’ve

headline:

heard

headline:

the

headline:

name,

headline:

but

headline:

nothing

headline:

more.”

headline:

I

headline:

said,

headline:

slipping

headline:

another

headline:

dollar

headline:

onto

headline:

the

headline:

counter.
“Well,

headline:

about a

headline:

month

headline:

ago,

headline:

they

headline:

wanted

headline:

to

headline:

run

headline:

a

headline:

rally

headline:

right

headline:

into

headline:

the

headline:

centre

headline:

of

headline:

Seattle.”

headline:

She

headline:

explained. “A

headline:

rally

headline:

against ‘degenerate’

headline:

music, ‘degenerate’

headline:

city

headline:

behaviour,

headline:

that

headline:

sort

headline:

of

headline:

thing.”

headline:

She

headline:

said,

headline:

air

headline:

quotes

headline:

included, “But

headline:

the

headline:

city

headline:

council

headline:

denied

headline:

them,

headline:

and

headline:

there

headline:

was

headline:

a

headline:

lot

headline:

of

headline:

threats

headline:

and

headline:

he-said,

headline:

she-said

headline:

back

headline:

and

headline:

forth.

headline:

They

headline:

go

headline:

quiet

headline:

for

headline:

a

headline:

little

headline:

while,

headline:

sulkin’

headline:

and

headline:

all.

headline:

Then,

headline:

this

headline:

hit

headline:

piece

headline:

comes

headline:

out,

headline:

and

headline:

a

headline:

fair

headline:

few

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

targets

headline:

were

headline:

pretty

headline:

outspoken

headline:

about

headline:

getting

headline:

the

headline:

rally

headline:

thrown

headline:

out.”

headline:

She

headline:

said, “Now

headline:

that’s

headline:

all

headline:

conjecture,

headline:

and

headline:

convenience, but

headline:

there’s

headline:

an

headline:

awful

headline:

lot

headline:

of

headline:

pieces

headline:

in

headline:

just

headline:

the

headline:

right

headline:

place

headline:

to

headline:

make

headline:

it

headline:

happen.

headline:

And,

headline:

conveniently

headline:

enough,

headline:

the

headline:

Brotherhood

headline:

are

headline:

in

headline:

town

headline:

today

headline:

outside

headline:

the

headline:

town

headline:

hall.”
“Today?”

headline:

I

headline:

grunted.
“It’s

headline:

run

headline:

by a guy called Ryan

headline:

Orndorff

headline:

and

headline:

he’s

headline:

down

headline:

there

headline:

now.

headline:

He’s

headline:

got

headline:

a

headline:

pickup

headline:

truck

headline:

and

headline:

a

headline:

megaphone

headline:

and

headline:

he’s

headline:

not

headline:

subtle

headline:

about

headline:

what

headline:

he

headline:

thinks

headline:

of

headline:

all

headline:

this.”
“How

headline:

convenient…”

headline:

I

headline:

grumbled.

headline:

I

headline:

couldn’t

headline:

afford

headline:

to

headline:

be

headline:

nervous

headline:

now,

headline:

I

headline:

had

headline:

to

headline:

get

headline:

visual

headline:

contact.

headline:

I

headline:

handed

headline:

Jacqueline

headline:

a

headline:

few

headline:

more

headline:

dollars

headline:

and

headline:

thanked

headline:

her

headline:

for

headline:

her

headline:

help,

headline:

then

headline:

made

headline:

my

headline:

way

headline:

towards

headline:

the

headline:

courthouse.
As

headline:

I

headline:

was

headline:

leaving

headline:

I

headline:

stole

headline:

a

headline:

final

headline:

look

headline:

over

headline:

my

headline:

shoulder,

headline:

where

headline:

a

headline:

familiar

headline:

raccoon

headline:

in

headline:

a

headline:

suit

headline:

now

headline:

stood

headline:

at

headline:

the

headline:

news

headline:

counter…

-

“Move

headline:

back!

headline:

I

headline:

said

headline:

move

headline:

back!”
Outside

headline:

the

headline:

town

headline:

hall,

headline:

a

headline:

small

headline:

protest

headline:

and

headline:

counter

headline:

protest,

headline:

held

headline:

apart

headline:

by

headline:

lines

headline:

of

headline:

cops

headline:

had

headline:

sprung

headline:

up.

headline:

By

headline:

the

headline:

steps

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

building,

headline:

a

headline:

red

headline:

pickup

headline:

truck

headline:

had

headline:

been

headline:

parked.

headline:

Stood

headline:

on

headline:

the

headline:

truck

headline:

bed

headline:

was

headline:

a

headline:

bald

headline:

eagle,

headline:

holding

headline:

a

headline:

megaphone

headline:

and

headline:

wearing

headline:

a

headline:

t-shirt

headline:

hand-painted with

headline:

the

headline:

words “Disco

headline:

Sucks”

headline:

on

headline:

it.

headline:

He

headline:

was

headline:

gesticulating

headline:

aggressively

headline:

at a

headline:

grey

headline:

rat

headline:

in

headline:

a

headline:

pinstriped

headline:

suit

headline:

who

headline:

gesticulated

headline:

violently

headline:

back

headline:

at

headline:

him.

headline:

A

headline:

few

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

eagle’s

headline:

followers were

headline:

similarly

headline:

attired

headline:

while

headline:

also

headline:

carrying

headline:

confederate

headline:

flags.

headline:

On

headline:

the

headline:

other

headline:

side were

headline:

a

headline:

few

headline:

people

headline:

spurning

headline:

return

headline:

insults. However

headline:

most

headline:

people

headline:

simply

headline:

stared

headline:

and

headline:

walked

headline:

past.

I

headline:

made

headline:

my

headline:

way

headline:

up

headline:

to

headline:

the

headline:

counter

headline:

side

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

protest, where

headline:

I

headline:

heard

headline:

a

headline:

familiar

headline:

voice.
“I

headline:

can’t

headline:

move

headline:

back

headline:

any

headline:

further!

headline:

How

headline:

about

headline:

you

headline:

move

headline:

them

headline:

back?”

headline:

Larry

headline:

Lauderdale

headline:

offered to

headline:

one

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

cops

headline:

trying

headline:

to

headline:

shove

headline:

him

headline:

away.
“You

headline:

wanna

headline:

get

headline:

smart

headline:

with

headline:

me?”

headline:

The

headline:

cop

headline:

grunts.
The

headline:

tall

headline:

border

headline:

collie

headline:

and

headline:

the

headline:

rest

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

picket

headline:

inched

headline:

back.

headline:

He

headline:

and

headline:

a

headline:

few

headline:

other

headline:

men from

headline:

the

headline:

Issaquah commune had

headline:

assembled, though

headline:

they

headline:

stood

headline:

out

headline:

a

headline:

fair

headline:

bit

headline:

from

headline:

the

headline:

rest

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

counter

headline:

side.

headline:

Enough

headline:

that

headline:

the eagle could notice.
“You there! Collie in the leathers. You a

headline:

pillow

headline:

biter?

headline:

Or do

headline:

you

headline:

just

headline:

hate

headline:

your

headline:

own

headline:

kind?”
“You

headline:

ain’t

headline:

never

headline:

been

headline:

my

headline:

kind!”

headline:

Larry yelled

headline:

back

headline:

at

headline:

him,

headline:

though

headline:

I

headline:

doubt

headline:

he

headline:

was

headline:

heard

headline:

over

headline:

the

headline:

din.

Seattle

headline:

PD

headline:

continued

headline:

to

headline:

keep

headline:

both

headline:

groups

headline:

separate,

headline:

though

headline:

it’s

headline:

clear

headline:

they’re

headline:

paying

headline:

more

headline:

attention

headline:

to

headline:

the

headline:

counter

headline:

protest

headline:

than

headline:

the

headline:

main

headline:

one.

headline:

I

headline:

bundled

headline:

up

headline:

against

headline:

the

headline:

corner

headline:

of

headline:

an

headline:

old

headline:

warehouse

headline:

building.

headline:

I

headline:

didn’t

headline:

want

headline:

to

headline:

run

headline:

the

headline:

risk

headline:

of

headline:

Orndorff

headline:

spotting

headline:

me.

headline:

Suddenly,

headline:

there

headline:

was

headline:

a

headline:

hail

headline:

of stones and other debris and I shoved

headline:

my

headline:

way

headline:

through

headline:

the

headline:

nearest

headline:

door.

I shut

headline:

the

headline:

door

headline:

behind

headline:

me

headline:

and

headline:

inspected

headline:

the

headline:

dark

headline:

brick

headline:

building.

headline:

It

headline:

was

headline:

stuffy

headline:

and

headline:

dusty,

headline:

seemingly

headline:

not having

headline:

been

headline:

used

headline:

as

headline:

offices

headline:

or

headline:

storage

headline:

since

headline:

I

headline:

guessed the

headline:

late 1960’s.

headline:

With

headline:

that in

headline:

mind,

headline:

I

headline:

realised

headline:

how

headline:

odd

headline:

it

headline:

was

headline:

that

headline:

the

headline:

street-level

headline:

door

headline:

on

headline:

a

headline:

building

headline:

like

headline:

this

headline:

was

headline:

unlocked.

headline:

The

headline:

only other

headline:

thing

headline:

in

headline:

this room

headline:

is

headline:

a

headline:

spiral

headline:

steel staircase,

headline:

which

headline:

is

headline:

clearly

headline:

old

headline:

and

headline:

uncared

headline:

for,

headline:

but

headline:

seemed

headline:

structurally

headline:

solid.
“It’s a

headline:

direct

headline:

shot.”

headline:

I

headline:

heard

headline:

a

headline:

woman’s

headline:

voice

headline:

from

headline:

above

headline:

me

headline:

say. “Fish

headline:

in

headline:

a

headline:

barrel.”
“If

headline:

I

headline:

get

headline:

the

headline:

order

headline:

to

headline:

kill,

headline:

I

headline:

will

headline:

tell

headline:

you.”
That

headline:

voice.

headline:

No…

I

headline:

started

headline:

creeping

headline:

up

headline:

the

headline:

staircase

headline:

as

headline:

quietly

headline:

as

headline:

possible.
“What

headline:

do

headline:

you

headline:

intend

headline:

to

headline:

do

headline:

about

headline:

these

headline:

guys

headline:

if

headline:

we don’t kill him?” The woman asked

headline:

again. “Look

headline:

at

headline:

the

headline:

commie

headline:

down

headline:

there.

headline:

He’s

headline:

getting

headline:

pelted

headline:

with

headline:

stones

headline:

and he’s

headline:

too

headline:

polite

headline:

to

headline:

kick

headline:

the

headline:

pig

headline:

in

headline:

front

headline:

of

headline:

him

headline:

to

headline:

the

headline:

kerb.

headline:

Look

headline:

what

headline:

it’s

headline:

getting

headline:

him.”
“Valerie…”
“If Orndorff seig-heil’s, I’m shooting

headline:

him.”

headline:

Valerie

headline:

growled.
“Breathe.”

headline:

He

headline:

reassures

headline:

her.
“Yeah,

headline:

yeah…

headline:

whatever.”
They were

headline:

both

headline:

off

headline:

to

headline:

my

headline:

right.

headline:

I

headline:

kept

headline:

walking

headline:

up

headline:

the

headline:

stairs,

headline:

slowly

headline:

as

headline:

I

headline:

could.

headline:

I

headline:

don’t

headline:

want

headline:

to

headline:

believe

headline:

what

headline:

I

headline:

hear.

Finally,

headline:

I

headline:

reached

headline:

the

headline:

top

headline:

floor

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

building.

headline:

At

headline:

one

headline:

window,

headline:

holding

headline:

a

headline:

sniper

headline:

rifle

headline:

was

headline:

a

headline:

woman

headline:

in

headline:

baggy

headline:

black

headline:

slacks

headline:

and

headline:

a

headline:

white

headline:

button-up

headline:

shirt.

headline:

She

headline:

was

headline:

staring

headline:

down

headline:

the

headline:

scope

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

weapon,

headline:

one

headline:

hand

headline:

supporting

headline:

the

headline:

barrel,

headline:

the

headline:

other

headline:

by

headline:

her

headline:

side

headline:

but

headline:

twitching.

headline:

Her

headline:

foot

headline:

tapped

headline:

on

headline:

the

headline:

floor,

headline:

a

headline:

hungry

headline:

look

headline:

in

headline:

her

headline:

eye.
The

headline:

other

headline:

figure

headline:

in

headline:

the

headline:

room

headline:

I

headline:

stared

headline:

at

headline:

for

headline:

a

headline:

while.
Because

headline:

I

headline:

don’t

headline:

want

headline:

to

headline:

believe what

headline:

I

headline:

see.
Vulf

headline:

stood

headline:

pensively

headline:

on

headline:

the other

headline:

side

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

fox.

headline:

I

headline:

knew

headline:

for

headline:

sure

headline:

it

headline:

was

headline:

him.

headline:

I

headline:

recognised

headline:

the

headline:

voice,

headline:

and

headline:

he’s

headline:

dressed

headline:

in

headline:

the

headline:

same

headline:

wrestling

headline:

singlet.
But

headline:

they

headline:

haven’t

headline:

seen

headline:

me

headline:

yet.
I

headline:

huddled

headline:

to

headline:

a

headline:

wall

headline:

out

headline:

of

headline:

sight

headline:

and

headline:

covered

headline:

my

headline:

mouth

headline:

to

headline:

hide

headline:

my

headline:

breathing.

A

headline:

commotion

headline:

from

headline:

street

headline:

level.

headline:

Even from

headline:

here

headline:

I

headline:

recognised

headline:

Larry’s

headline:

voice.
“They’re

headline:

throwing

headline:

shit

headline:

at

headline:

each

headline:

other

headline:

again.”

headline:

Valerie

headline:

explained. “What

headline:

if

headline:

I

headline:

just

headline:

got

headline:

him

headline:

in

headline:

the

headline:

shoulder?”
“You

headline:

might

headline:

miss.”
“I

headline:

don’t ‘miss’”

headline:

She

headline:

growled.

headline:

The

headline:

pair

headline:

retained

headline:

their

headline:

stalemate,

headline:

but

headline:

there’s

headline:

more

headline:

noise

headline:

from

headline:

street

headline:

level. “They’re

headline:

moving

headline:

away.”
“Get

headline:

the

headline:

license

headline:

plate.”

headline:

Vulf

headline:

instructed

headline:

and

headline:

I

headline:

grabbed

headline:

my

headline:

notebook

headline:

and

headline:

pen.
“Foxtrot

headline:

Charlie

headline:

Yankee

headline:

Four

headline:

Three

headline:

Niner”

headline:

She

headline:

called

headline:

out.
Vulf

headline:

recited

headline:

it

headline:

back

headline:

to

headline:

her

headline:

exactly

headline:

and

headline:

I

headline:

checked

headline:

that

headline:

I

headline:

had

headline:

it

headline:

down

headline:

correctly.
“Alright,

headline:

lets

headline:

move.

headline:

The

headline:

Chauffeur

headline:

is

headline:

waiting

headline:

outside.”

headline:

The

headline:

wolf

headline:

ordered.

Realising

headline:

that

headline:

they’d

headline:

be

headline:

coming

headline:

back

headline:

my way,

headline:

I

headline:

turned

headline:

around

headline:

to

headline:

leave.
But

headline:

I’m not

headline:

alone.
A

headline:

beagle

headline:

was

headline:

stood

headline:

in

headline:

the

headline:

opposite

headline:

corner

headline:

of

headline:

the

headline:

room.

headline:

A

headline:

slender,

headline:

tall and

headline:

hirsute

headline:

figure,

headline:

but

headline:

dressed

headline:

head

headline:

to

headline:

toe

headline:

in

headline:

vibrant

headline:

purple

headline:

lingerie.

headline:

At

headline:

each

headline:

thigh

headline:

are

headline:

two

headline:

holsters,

headline:

each

headline:

with a

headline:

large

headline:

handgun

headline:

inside

headline:

and

headline:

on his

headline:

feet

headline:

are

headline:

two

headline:

sturdy

headline:

black

headline:

boots.

headline:

The

headline:

attire

headline:

alone

headline:

stunned

headline:

me

headline:

to

headline:

silence.

headline:

He

headline:

smiled

headline:

at

headline:

me,

headline:

picking

headline:

up

headline:

a

headline:

shiny

headline:

purple

headline:

officer’s

headline:

jacket and

headline:

matching

headline:

driver’s

headline:

cap

headline:

off of

headline:

a

headline:

nearby

headline:

banister.

headline:

He

headline:

pulled

headline:

the

headline:

jacket

headline:

on,

headline:

buttoned

headline:

it

headline:

up

headline:

and

headline:

placed

headline:

the

headline:

cap

headline:

on

headline:

his

headline:

head.
“Vulf

headline:

was

headline:

right.”

headline:

The

headline:

man

headline:

whispers,

headline:

slowly

headline:

descending

headline:

the

headline:

stairs. “You

headline:

do

headline:

have

headline:

a

headline:

cute

headline:

ass.”
I

headline:

stood

headline:

motionless

headline:

for

headline:

a

headline:

moment

headline:

as

headline:

he

headline:

descended

headline:

out

headline:

of

headline:

view.

headline:

Why

headline:

didn’t

headline:

he

headline:

kill

headline:

me?

I

headline:

leant

headline:

forward,

headline:

ready

headline:

to

headline:

follow

headline:

him

headline:

down

headline:

the

headline:

stairs,

headline:

when

headline:

I

headline:

heard

headline:

Vulf

headline:

speak

headline:

again.
“They’ve

headline:

dispersed,

headline:

Sir.”

headline:

He

headline:

was

headline:

speaking

headline:

into

headline:

a

headline:

telephone,

headline:

and

headline:

he

headline:

was

headline:

doing

headline:

it

headline:

in

headline:

the

headline:

most

headline:

submissive

headline:

and

headline:

faux-vulnerable

headline:

voice

headline:

you

headline:

could

headline:

imagine.

headline:

It’s

headline:

one

headline:

I’ve

headline:

done

headline:

for

headline:

a

headline:

man

headline:

before,

headline:

countless

headline:

times.
“Of

headline:

course,

headline:

Sir.”

headline:

He cooed

headline:

slowly,

headline:

his

headline:

tail

headline:

thrashing

headline:

around

headline:

behind

headline:

him

headline:

fast

headline:

enough

headline:

that

headline:

I

headline:

could

headline:

feel

headline:

the

headline:

air

headline:

moving

headline:

from

headline:

the

headline:

room

headline:

over. He

headline:

stands in a

headline:

lax

headline:

half-crouch,

headline:

paws

headline:

raised,

headline:

as

headline:

if

headline:

begging

headline:

to

headline:

be

headline:

petted. “Thank

headline:

you,

headline:

Sir.

headline:

I

headline:

love

headline:

you

headline:

too,

headline:

Sir.”

headline:

He

headline:

hangs

headline:

up

headline:

the

headline:

phone

headline:

and

headline:

seems

headline:

to

headline:

pause

headline:

in

headline:

the

headline:

revelry

headline:

of

headline:

it

headline:

all.

headline:

Then

headline:

abruptly

headline:

he

headline:

stood

headline:

back

headline:

up

headline:

and

headline:

growled,

headline:

as

headline:

if

headline:

physically

headline:

swapping

headline:

from

headline:

one

headline:

vocal

headline:

inflection

headline:

back

headline:

to

headline:

the

headline:

other.

headline:

Only

headline:

then,

headline:

does

headline:

he

headline:

depart,

headline:

away

headline:

from

headline:

me

headline:

and

headline:

down

headline:

a

headline:

separate

headline:

staircase.



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