[18+] The goal of our longstanding collaborative format has always been to remind us that storytelling is a collaborative activity. One cannot tell stories and remain alone. Since Pride is something we celebrate as a community, then it was fitting that Pride, last year, received the first specially themed episode of this type. So it is our hope that you agree it is just as fitting that pride also receive the first ever Adults Only episode of Fireside Meeting.
Today’s story is a collaborative piece with contributions by Roscoe G. Beetle, David the KamenWriter, and Pascal Farful.
Read by Dralen, the Dapper Dragonfox, Icefang, in the Cozy Corner of the Cafe, and Nenekiri Bookwyrm, the Bespectacled Dragon.
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Today's
Speaker:story
Speaker:concerns
Speaker:adult
Speaker:subject
Speaker:matter
Speaker:for
Speaker:mature
Speaker:listeners.
Speaker:If
Speaker:that's
Speaker:not
Speaker:your
Speaker:cup
Speaker:of
Speaker:tea,
Speaker:or
Speaker:there
Speaker:are
Speaker:youngsters
Speaker:listening,
Speaker:please
Speaker:skip
Speaker:this
Speaker:one
Speaker:and
Speaker:come
Speaker:back
Speaker:for
Speaker:another
Speaker:story
Speaker:another
Speaker:time.
You’re
listening
Speaker:to
Speaker:Pride
Speaker:Month
Speaker:on
Speaker:The
Speaker:Voice
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog.
Speaker:Today’s
Speaker:story
Speaker:is
Speaker:a
Speaker:collaborative
Speaker:piece with
Speaker:contributions
Speaker:by
Speaker:Roscoe
Speaker:G.
Speaker:Beetle,
Speaker:David
Speaker:the
Speaker:KamenWriter,
Speaker:and
Speaker:Pascal Farful.
The
goal
Speaker:of
Speaker:our
Speaker:longstanding
Speaker:collaborative
Speaker:format
Speaker:has
Speaker:always
Speaker:been
Speaker:to
Speaker:remind
Speaker:us
Speaker:that
Speaker:storytelling
Speaker:is
Speaker:a
Speaker:collaborative
Speaker:activity.
Speaker:One
Speaker:cannot
Speaker:tell
Speaker:stories
Speaker:and
Speaker:remain
Speaker:alone.
Speaker:Since
Speaker:Pride
Speaker:is
Speaker:something
Speaker:we
Speaker:celebrate
Speaker:as
Speaker:a
Speaker:community,
Speaker:then
Speaker:it
Speaker:was
Speaker:fitting
Speaker:that
Speaker:Pride,
Speaker:last
Speaker:year,
Speaker:received
Speaker:the
Speaker:first
Speaker:specially
Speaker:themed
Speaker:episode
Speaker:of
Speaker:this
Speaker:type.
Speaker:So
Speaker:it
Speaker:is
Speaker:our
Speaker:hope
Speaker:that
Speaker:you
Speaker:agree
Speaker:it
Speaker:is
Speaker:just
Speaker:as
Speaker:fitting
Speaker:that
Speaker:pride
Speaker:also
Speaker:receive
Speaker:the
Speaker:first
Speaker:ever
Speaker:Adults
Speaker:Only
Speaker:episode
Speaker:of
Speaker:Fireside
Speaker:Meeting.
Read
by
Speaker:Dralen,
Speaker:the
Speaker:Dapper
Speaker:Dragonfox,
Speaker:Icefang,
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:Cozy
Speaker:Corner
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:Cafe,
Speaker:and
Speaker:Nenekiri
Speaker:Bookwyrm.
Please
enjoy
“Fireside
Meeting
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:Isles
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:Blest”
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certainly
Speaker:had
Speaker:fascinating
Speaker:wedding
Speaker:customs,
Speaker:here.
As
fantastically
Speaker:beautiful
Speaker:island
Speaker:paradises
Speaker:went,
Speaker:this
Speaker:one
Speaker:was,
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Speaker:to
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Speaker:locals
Speaker:throwing
Speaker:tonight's
Speaker:party,
Speaker:nothing
Speaker:much
Speaker:to
Speaker:write
Speaker:home
Speaker:about.
Speaker:The
Speaker:warm,
Speaker:soft-scented
Speaker:sea
Speaker:was
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Speaker:deep
Speaker:midnight
Speaker:blue,
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Speaker:a
Speaker:scintillating
Speaker:layer
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Speaker:saffron
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Speaker:crimson
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Speaker:the
Speaker:setting
Speaker:sun,
Speaker:and
Speaker:not
Speaker:a
Speaker:churning
Speaker:abyss
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Speaker:sky.
Speaker:The
Speaker:groves
Speaker:of
Speaker:wide-leaved
Speaker:trees,
Speaker:swaying
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:warm
Speaker:wind,
Speaker:bore
Speaker:only
Speaker:fruit,
Speaker:not
Speaker:prophesies
Speaker:of
Speaker:glory
Speaker:in
Speaker:crystalline
Speaker:orbs.
Speaker:The
Speaker:villa
Speaker:where
Speaker:the
Speaker:celebration
Speaker:was
Speaker:still
Speaker:ongoing
Speaker:echoed
Speaker:only
Speaker:with
Speaker:laughter
Speaker:and
Speaker:music,
Speaker:not
Speaker:with
Speaker:angelic
Speaker:voices
Speaker:of
Speaker:unthinkable
Speaker:majesty.
They’d
told
Speaker:their
Speaker:guest
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Speaker:been
Speaker:the
Speaker:budget
Speaker:option.
This
guest
Speaker:had
Speaker:taken
Speaker:a
Speaker:moment
Speaker:away
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:party.
Speaker:The
Speaker:drinks
Speaker:and
Speaker:games
Speaker:and
Speaker:half-serious
Speaker:ceremonies
Speaker:would,
Speaker:as
Speaker:far
Speaker:as
Speaker:the
Speaker:Draconic
Speaker:Fox
Speaker:understood,
Speaker:last
Speaker:all
Speaker:night
Speaker:until
Speaker:the
Speaker:three
Speaker:principal
Speaker:revelers
Speaker:would
Speaker:be
Speaker:considered
Speaker:fully
Speaker:married
Speaker:to
Speaker:one
Speaker:another
Speaker:at
Speaker:first
Speaker:light
Speaker:of
Speaker:dawn.
Speaker:He’d
Speaker:excused
Speaker:himself
Speaker:from
Speaker:another
Speaker:round
Speaker:of
Speaker:dancing,
Speaker:of
Speaker:drinking,
Speaker:and
Speaker:of
Speaker:games
Speaker:whose
Speaker:names
Speaker:roughly
Speaker:translated
Speaker:to “the
Speaker:blindfolded
Speaker:man
Speaker:must
Speaker:guess
Speaker:whom
Speaker:he
Speaker:performed
Speaker:an
Speaker:oral
Speaker:sex
Speaker:act
Speaker:upon”
Speaker:or
Speaker:something
Speaker:like
Speaker:that.
Speaker:And
Speaker:he’d
Speaker:gone
Speaker:down
Speaker:to the beach.
He’d
noticed
Speaker:a
Speaker:campfire,
Speaker:laid
Speaker:out
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:sand,
Speaker:when
Speaker:he’d
Speaker:arrived.
“This
place
Speaker:is
Speaker:gorgeous.”
“It’s
the
Speaker:Isles
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:Blest,”
Speaker:the
Speaker:Fox
Speaker:explained
Speaker:to the
Speaker:figure
Speaker:who’d
Speaker:appeared
Speaker:beside
Speaker:him
Speaker:as
Speaker:the
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can
Speaker:believe
Speaker:it!”
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Speaker:wore
Speaker:a
Speaker:stiff,
Speaker:utilitarian
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Speaker:the sort that
Speaker:one
Speaker:would
Speaker:expect
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:film
Speaker:set
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:soviet
Speaker:space
Speaker:station,
Speaker:with
Speaker:all
Speaker:sorts
Speaker:of
Speaker:nozzles
Speaker:and
Speaker:clips
Speaker:to
Speaker:connect
Speaker:it
Speaker:to
Speaker:a
Speaker:larger,
Speaker:bulkier
Speaker:outer
Speaker:suit
Speaker:and
Speaker:helmet.
Speaker:They had
Speaker:four
Speaker:arms,
Speaker:one
Speaker:of
Speaker:them
Speaker:prosthetic
Speaker:and
Speaker:mechanical,
Speaker:two
Speaker:fluffy
Speaker:antennae,
Speaker:and
Speaker:two
Speaker:soft,
Speaker:bipartite
Speaker:wings,
Speaker:the
Speaker:color
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:scent
Speaker:of
Speaker:mint
Speaker:by
Speaker:moonlight. “It
Speaker:looks
Speaker:like
Speaker:a
Speaker:paradise.”
“No,
I
Speaker:mean,”
Speaker:the
Speaker:Draconic
Speaker:Fox
Speaker:chuckled, “‘Isles
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:Blest’
Speaker:is
Speaker:the
Speaker:name
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:resort.”
“...well
that
Speaker:doesn’t
Speaker:change
Speaker:how
Speaker:much
Speaker:it
Speaker:looks
Speaker:like
Speaker:a
Speaker:paradise.”
Speaker:the
Speaker:Astronautical
Speaker:Moth
Speaker:took
Speaker:a
Speaker:seat
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:clean
Speaker:sand,
Speaker:found
Speaker:it
Speaker:almost as
Speaker:soft
Speaker:as his own
Speaker:wings. “I
Speaker:assume
Speaker:you
Speaker:lit
Speaker:the
Speaker:fire.
Speaker:How’d
Speaker:you
Speaker:get
Speaker:here?”
“I
was
Speaker:just
Speaker:passing
Speaker:through,”
Speaker:the
Speaker:Fox
Speaker:shrugged, “when
Speaker:I
Speaker:got
Speaker:ambushed
Speaker:with
Speaker:an
Speaker:invitation.
Speaker:Apparently
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:considered
Speaker:bad
Speaker:luck
Speaker:to
Speaker:have
Speaker:this
Speaker:kind
Speaker:of
Speaker:party,
Speaker:here,
Speaker:without
Speaker:inviting
Speaker:at
Speaker:least
Speaker:one
Speaker:complete
Speaker:stranger.”
“And
what
Speaker:kinda
Speaker:party
Speaker:is
Speaker:that?”
Speaker:said
Speaker:a
Speaker:third
Speaker:voice.
“What,”
the
Speaker:Moth raised
Speaker:an
Speaker:eyebrow
Speaker:and
Speaker:the
Speaker:antenna
Speaker:went
Speaker:with
Speaker:it, “happened
Speaker:to
Speaker:your
Speaker:clothes?!”
The
wolf
Speaker:that had
Speaker:appeared
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:other
Speaker:side
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:fire
Speaker:was
Speaker:entirely
Speaker:naked
Speaker:save
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:nametag
Speaker:around
Speaker:his
Speaker:bicep,
Speaker:and
Speaker:a
Speaker:locker-room
Speaker:key
Speaker:on
Speaker:an
Speaker:elastic
Speaker:band
Speaker:around
Speaker:his
Speaker:ankle. “I,”
Speaker:he
Speaker:smiled,
Speaker:smugly, “was
Speaker:at
Speaker:a
Speaker:party.”
“We
can
Speaker:tell,”
Speaker:the
Speaker:Fox
Speaker:crossed
Speaker:arms
Speaker:over
Speaker:his
Speaker:scaly
Speaker:chest.
“The
kind
Speaker:where,
Speaker:when
Speaker:I
Speaker:felt
Speaker:the
Speaker:fire
Speaker:get
Speaker:goin’,”
Speaker:the
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:continued
Speaker:explaining
Speaker:without
Speaker:any
Speaker:hint
Speaker:of
Speaker:modesty, “meant I
Speaker:didn’t
Speaker:have
Speaker:time
Speaker:to
Speaker:get
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:clothes-check. Was
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:other
Speaker:corner
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:room.”
“Getting
cozy,
Speaker:I
Speaker:take
Speaker:it?”
“I’d
hardly
Speaker:call
Speaker:what
Speaker:you’re
Speaker:wearin’
Speaker:business
Speaker:casual!”
Speaker:The wolf
Speaker:gestured
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:draconic
Speaker:fox,
Speaker:who
Speaker:was
Speaker:wearing
Speaker:only
Speaker:a
Speaker:single
garment:garment:
something
garment:like
garment:shorts
garment:on
garment:the
garment:left
garment:leg,
garment:that
garment:after
garment:they’d
garment:made
garment:their
garment:way
garment:across
garment:the
garment:butt
garment:to
garment:the
garment:right
garment:changed
garment:their
garment:mind and
garment:became
garment:a
garment:kilt instead,
garment:before
garment:attempting
garment:to
garment:compromise
garment:and
garment:become
garment:a
garment:jockstrap.
garment:All
garment:held
garment:together
garment:by
garment:a
garment:series
garment:of
garment:straps
garment:and
garment:buckles
garment:that
garment:looked
garment:as
garment:if
garment:they
garment:couldn’t
garment:possibly
garment:be
garment:structural. “Dunno
garment:if
garment:I’d
garment:call
garment:it ‘cozy’
garment:but
garment:it’s
garment:not
garment:what
garment:I’d
garment:expect
garment:for
garment:a
garment:black
garment:tie
garment:affair.”
“The
first
garment:rule
garment:of
garment:being
garment:well dressed,”
garment:the
garment:fox
garment:explained, “is
garment:not
garment:to
garment:stick
garment:out
garment:like
garment:a
garment:sore
garment:thumb.
garment:This
garment:is
garment:the
garment:sort
garment:of
garment:thing
garment:they
garment:wear
garment:here,
garment:at
garment:weddings!”
“That’s
what
garment:they’re
garment:doing,”
garment:the
garment:Moth
garment:turned
garment:to peer
garment:at
garment:the
garment:villa
garment:beyond
garment:the
garment:beach, “up
garment:there?”
“More
or
garment:less,”
garment:the Fox
garment:shrugged
garment:and
garment:stretched
garment:his
garment:wings, “they
garment:seem
garment:to
garment:do
garment:the
garment:bachelor
garment:party
garment:at
garment:the
garment:same
garment:time.”
“That
sounds
garment:like
garment:it
garment:warrants
garment:closer
garment:scrutiny!”
garment:the
garment:Wolf
garment:grinned.
“Not
before
garment:the
garment:stories!”
garment:the
garment:Moth
garment:insisted.
“Fine,
fine,
garment:spoilsport,”
garment:grumbled
garment:the
garment:Wolf. “Guess
garment:some
garment:people
garment:don’t
garment:appreciate
garment:the
garment:fine
garment:art
garment:of
garment:flirtin’…”
The
Moth
garment:looked
garment:scandalized. “I
garment:flirt!”
“You
been
garment:married
garment:longer’n I’ve
garment:known
garment:you!”
“Well
I
garment:wasn’t
garment:always
garment:married!”
garment:the
garment:Moth
garment:still
garment:insisted, “listen!”
He had
to
garment:be
garment:at
garment:least
garment:six
garment:foot
garment:four,
garment:thin,
garment:but
garment:by
garment:no
garment:means
garment:weak.
garment:His
garment:arms
garment:crossed
garment:in
garment:front
garment:of
garment:his
garment:chest.
garment:His
garment:green
garment:chitinous
garment:body
garment:strained
garment:against
garment:the
garment:leather
garment:harness
garment:that
garment:crossed
garment:over
garment:and
garment:under
garment:his
garment:shoulders
garment:and
garment:met
garment:in
garment:the
garment:center
garment:with
garment:a
garment:steel
garment:ring.
garment:He
garment:had
garment:long
garment:scythe-like
garment:fingers
garment:that
garment:seemed
garment:dexterous
garment:and
garment:strong
garment:in
garment:equal
garment:measure. I
garment:hadn’t
garment:noticed
garment:those
garment:before,
garment:and
garment:the
garment:sight
garment:of
garment:them
garment:made
garment:me
garment:suddenly
garment:second-guess
garment:my
garment:own
garment:desires.
He
loomed
garment:over
garment:me,
garment:sitting
garment:on
garment:the
garment:bar stool
garment:next
garment:to
garment:mine
garment:as
garment:I
garment:nursed
garment:my
garment:drink,
garment:trying
garment:to
garment:ignore
garment:what
garment:had
garment:just
garment:come
garment:out
garment:of
garment:my
garment:mouth.
garment:His
garment:huge
garment:compound
garment:eyes
garment:seemed
garment:to
garment:focus
garment:in
garment:on
garment:me
garment:somehow,
garment:reflecting
garment:my
garment:own
garment:face
garment:back
garment:at
garment:me
garment:a
garment:hundred
garment:times
garment:over.
garment:He
garment:uncrossed
garment:his
garment:arms,
garment:letting
garment:one
garment:hand
garment:tap
garment:one
garment:finger
garment:at
garment:a
garment:time
garment:against
garment:the
garment:top
garment:of
garment:the
garment:bar
garment:as
garment:he
garment:leaned
garment:over
garment:to
garment:press
garment:his
garment:face
garment:close
garment:to
garment:mine.
garment:His
garment:jaws
garment:opened
garment:and
garment:shut,
garment:and
garment:I
garment:felt
garment:the
garment:gentle
garment:tickle
garment:of
garment:his
garment:antennae
garment:brushing
garment:against
garment:mine.
garment:He
garment:was
garment:so
garment:big –
garment:so
garment:much
garment:bigger
garment:than
garment:I
garment:thought
garment:looking
garment:over
garment:at
garment:him
garment:from
garment:across
garment:the
garment:room.
garment:All
garment:he
garment:wore
garment:was that
garment:harness
garment:and
garment:a
garment:tight
garment:set
garment:of
garment:leather
garment:chaps
garment:with
garment:his
garment:ass
garment:hanging
garment:out
garment:the
garment:back,
garment:plus
garment:boots
garment:fitted
garment:to
garment:his
garment:four thin
garment:legs.
garment:I
garment:smelled
garment:his
garment:pheromones –
garment:an
garment:almost
garment:sweet
garment:musk
garment:that
garment:he
garment:exuded,
garment:ripe
garment:and
garment:sensual
garment:and
garment:dangerous.
He
was
garment:smelling
garment:me
garment:too,
garment:no
garment:doubt
garment:smelling
garment:my
garment:fear,
garment:and
garment:my
garment:arousal.
garment:I
garment:heard
garment:him
garment:chuckle.
garment:His
garment:wings
garment:buzzed
garment:slightly
garment:as
garment:he
garment:grew
garment:excited.
garment:I’d
garment:walked
garment:willingly
garment:up
garment:to
garment:sit
garment:down
garment:next
garment:to
garment:him,
garment:to
garment:dare
garment:to
garment:talk
garment:to
garment:him
garment:first
garment:instead
garment:of
garment:the
garment:other
garment:way
garment:around.
garment:Me,
garment:a
garment:scrawny
garment:little
garment:bug
garment:too
garment:horny
garment:to
garment:see
garment:sense.
garment:He
garment:was
garment:certainly
garment:out
garment:of
garment:my
garment:league
garment:and
garment:he
garment:knew
garment:it.
Slowly,
he
garment:reached
garment:over,
garment:curling
garment:his
garment:thin,
garment:sharp
garment:fingers
garment:around
garment:my
garment:shoulder –
garment:so
garment:close
garment:to
garment:my
garment:neck.
garment:His
garment:jaws
garment:were
garment:reaching
garment:closer
garment:to
garment:my
garment:face,
garment:hovering
garment:just
garment:over
garment:my
garment:eyes.
garment:A
garment:thin
garment:drool
garment:was
garment:leaking
garment:out
garment:from
garment:between
garment:them.
garment:Hungry.
garment:He
garment:was
garment:hungry.
No
escape
garment:now.
garment:With
garment:his
garment:other
garment:hand,
garment:he
garment:flagged
garment:down
garment:the
garment:bartender –
garment:a
garment:stoic-looking
garment:cockroach
garment:who
garment:seemed
garment:purposefully
garment:not
garment:to
garment:look
garment:at
garment:me.
garment:He
garment:mixed
garment:up
garment:a
garment:drink
garment:without
garment:my
garment:asking, and
garment:it
garment:was
garment:understood
garment:it
garment:was
garment:on
garment:my
garment:tab
garment:by
garment:the
garment:tightening
garment:of
garment:that
garment:hand
garment:around
garment:my
garment:shoulder.
The
pause
garment:between
garment:the
garment:stupid
garment:fucking
garment:question
garment:and
garment:his
garment:inevitable
garment:terrifying
garment:answer
garment:grew
garment:and
garment:grew.
garment:Our
garment:antennae
garment:played
garment:together,
garment:and
garment:I
garment:indulged,
garment:closing
garment:my
garment:eyes
garment:and
garment:enjoying
garment:the
garment:feeling
garment:of
garment:my
garment:own
garment:feelers
garment:rubbing
garment:up
garment:against
garment:his.
garment:Each
garment:caress
garment:was
garment:either
garment:a
garment:promise
garment:or
garment:a
garment:threat,
garment:and
garment:I
garment:wasn’t
garment:sure
garment:which
garment:was
garment:which,
garment:or
garment:which
garment:would
garment:come
garment:first.
Eventually,
he
garment:got
garment:his
garment:drink
garment:and
garment:he
garment:finally
garment:pulled
garment:away
garment:from
garment:me
garment:long
garment:enough
garment:to
garment:bring
garment:it
garment:up
garment:to
garment:his
garment:mandibles,
garment:tipping
garment:the
garment:ruddy
garment:liquor
garment:back
garment:to
garment:savor
garment:it.
garment:As
garment:he
garment:did,
garment:his
garment:fingers
garment:caressed
garment:along
garment:my
garment:thorax,
garment:and
garment:I
garment:felt
garment:the
garment:tip
garment:of
garment:one
garment:sharp
garment:scythe
garment:poke
garment:into
garment:my
garment:tee-shirt,
garment:intentionally
garment:tearing
garment:up
garment:across
garment:the
garment:collar,
garment:making
garment:the
garment:shirt
garment:begin
garment:to
garment:fall
garment:over
garment:my
garment:shoulder
garment:and
garment:making
garment:me
garment:have
garment:to
garment:reach
garment:up
garment:to
garment:keep
garment:it
garment:on.
garment:I
garment:gasped,
garment:eyes
garment:wide,
garment:and
garment:stared
garment:at
garment:him.
garment:God,
garment:I
garment:wanted
garment:him.
garment:God,
garment:I wanted to run. God
garment:damn
garment:me
garment:and
garment:my
garment:big
garment:mandibles.
The
glass
garment:touched
garment:the
garment:bar
garment:and
garment:he
garment:curled
garment:one
garment:finger
garment:up
garment:to
garment:press
garment:under
garment:my
garment:chin.
garment:I
garment:was
garment:forced
garment:to
garment:look
garment:up,
garment:to
garment:face
garment:him,
garment:compound
garment:eyes
garment:to
garment:compound
garment:eyes,
garment:and
garment:look
garment:upon
garment:the
garment:rest
garment:of
garment:my
garment:night.
garment:I
garment:knew
garment:I
garment:was
garment:going
garment:home
garment:with
garment:this
garment:man.
garment:That
garment:was
garment:clear.
garment:I
garment:wouldn’t
garment:have
garment:it
garment:any
garment:other
garment:way.
garment:I
garment:only
garment:wondered
garment:if
garment:I
garment:would
garment:survive
garment:the
garment:night.
garment:Surely
garment:it
garment:was
garment:a
garment:stereotype –
garment:and
garment:even
garment:then
garment:wasn’t
garment:it
garment:supposed
garment:to
garment:be
garment:just
garment:the
garment:ladies
garment:who
garment:did
garment:that?
garment:I
garment:was
garment:probably
garment:safe.
garment:Probably.
Finally,
in
garment:a
garment:deep,
garment:whispered
garment:tone,
garment:he
garment:hummed
garment:as
garment:he
garment:considered
garment:my
garment:question.
garment:He
garment:sounded
garment:as
garment:if
garment:he
garment:was
garment:used
garment:to
garment:bugs
garment:hanging
garment:on
garment:his
garment:every
garment:word
garment:such
garment:that
garment:he
garment:never
garment:had
garment:to
garment:raise
garment:his
garment:voice
garment:past
garment:a
garment:breathy
garment:whisper.
garment:His
garment:mandibles
garment:opened.
garment:Underneath
garment:the
garment:pheromone
garment:stink
garment:I
garment:could
garment:smell
garment:rye
garment:whiskey.
garment:I
garment:reached
garment:up,
garment:wanting
garment:to
garment:touch
garment:him.
garment:I
garment:pressed
garment:it
garment:up
garment:against
garment:his
garment:hand
garment:gently,
garment:as
garment:if
garment:the
garment:threat
garment:of
garment:those
garment:scythe-like
garment:fingers
garment:wasn’t
garment:an
garment:inch
garment:away
garment:from
garment:ending
garment:me.
“Would
you
garment:like
garment:to
garment:find
garment:out?”
garment:he
garment:answered,
garment:and
garment:for
garment:the
garment:rest
garment:of
garment:the
garment:night,
garment:I
garment:was
garment:his.
“He
didn’t
garment:eat
garment:me,”
garment:the
garment:Astronautical
garment:Moth
garment:finished. “Obviously. And
garment:that
garment:was
garment:a
garment:couple
garment:years
garment:before
garment:I
garment:met
garment:my
garment:husband.
garment:But
garment:still!
garment:I’m
garment:no
garment:prude,
garment:I
garment:know
garment:what’s
garment:what!”
“Then
you
garment:won’t
garment:mind,”
garment:said
garment:the
garment:Wolf,
garment:still
garment:naked,
garment:comfortably
garment:sprawled
garment:out
garment:on
garment:sand
garment:turned
garment:the
garment:color
garment:of
garment:peach
garment:ice
garment:cream
garment:by
garment:the
garment:slow
garment:summer
garment:sunset, “if
garment:I
garment:go
garment:up
garment:and
garment:take
garment:a
garment:look
garment:at
garment:what
garment:sounds
garment:like
garment:an
garment:even
garment:better
garment:party than
garment:the
garment:one
garment:I left!”
“We
don’t
garment:mind,
garment:no,”
garment:the
garment:Draconic
garment:Fox
garment:said, “but
garment:you
garment:know
garment:as
garment:well
garment:as
garment:we
garment:do
garment:that
garment:we
garment:each
garment:owe
garment:the
garment:fire
garment:a
garment:story,
garment:first.”
Before
the
garment:Wolf
garment:could
garment:object,
garment:the
garment:Dragonfox
began:
When
I
began:first
began:met
began:my
began:selkie,
began:I
began:didn’t
began:know
began:what
began:to
began:think.
began:He
began:was
began:awkward –
began:uncomfortable
began:in
began:his
began:human
began:guise.
began:Somehow
began:he
began:was
began:different,
began:and
began:at
began:the
began:time
began:perhaps
began:the
began:difference
began:left
began:me
began:unkind.
began:Still,
began:I
began:was
began:patient
began:as
began:he
began:asked
began:me
began:questions
began:and
began:smiled
began:as
began:he
began:looked
began:to
began:me
began:for
began:guidance.
began:Breathing
began:itself
began:seemed
began:hard
began:for
began:him.
began:Most
began:things
began:come
began:so
began:easily
began:to
began:us
began:on
began:land,
began:but
began:when
began:one
began:wasn’t
began:built
began:for
began:the
began:task,
began:surely
began:it’s
began:uncharitable
began:to
began:expect
began:a
began:selkie
began:to
began:manage
began:without
began:awkwardness.
began:Eventually,
began:the
began:confusion
began:wore
began:out,
began:and
began:charm
began:took
began:over.
began:I
began:saw
began:hints
began:of
began:the
began:creature
began:beneath
began:and
began:came
began:to
began:enjoy
began:his
began:company.
My
selkie
began:only
began:drew
began:one
began:line
began:in
began:the
sand:sand:
Love
sand:was
sand:something
sand:that
sand:could
sand:never
sand:be.
sand:The
sand:stories
sand:he
sand:heard
sand:were
sand:dreadful.
sand:Humans
sand:steal
sand:their
sand:skins
sand:and
sand:trap
sand:them
sand:forever
sand:on
sand:the
sand:land.
sand:My
sand:love
sand:would
sand:turn
sand:him
sand:mortal,
sand:and
sand:he
sand:would
sand:die
sand:far
sand:away
sand:from
sand:the
sand:sea.
sand:I
sand:had
sand:no
sand:intention
sand:of
sand:letting
sand:that
sand:happen,
sand:and
sand:yet,
sand:the
sand:round
sand:face
sand:bristled
sand:with
sand:gentle
sand:whiskers
sand:drew
sand:me
sand:to
sand:him.
sand:His
sand:body,
sand:round
sand:and
sand:soft
sand:to
sand:the
sand:touch,
sand:enticed
sand:me.
sand:His
sand:eyes,
sand:the
sand:only
sand:part
sand:of
sand:him
sand:he
sand:could
sand:never
sand:hide,
sand:were
sand:the
sand:most
sand:beautiful
sand:of
sand:all,
sand:speckled
sand:green
sand:and
sand:deep
sand:as
sand:the
sand:space
sand:between
sand:the
sand:stars.
sand:As
sand:we
sand:walked
sand:along
sand:the
sand:beach
sand:and
sand:he
sand:reveled,
sand:as
sand:he
sand:always
sand:did,
sand:in
sand:the
sand:feel
sand:of
sand:knees
sand:and
sand:feet
sand:and
sand:toes
sand:on
sand:the
sand:sand,
sand:and
sand:touched
sand:his
sand:face
sand:and
sand:clasped
sand:his
sand:hands,
sand:and
sand:his
sand:eyes
sand:darted
sand:from
sand:me
sand:to
sand:the
sand:world,
sand:I
sand:could
sand:still
sand:feel
sand:the
sand:spark
sand:there.
sand:I
sand:loved
sand:him,
sand:and
sand:he,
sand:perhaps,
sand:loved
sand:me
sand:in
sand:his
sand:own
sand:way,
sand:and
sand:I
sand:knew
sand:I
sand:might
sand:break
sand:my
sand:heart
sand:if
sand:I
sand:shouldered
sand:both
sand:of
sand:our
sand:loves
sand:by
sand:myself,
sand:with
sand:nothing
sand:to
sand:support
sand:me.
I
saw
sand:once
sand:he
sand:left
sand:his
sand:skin
sand:by
sand:the
sand:shoals
sand:when
sand:we
sand:met,
sand:and
sand:tempted
sand:as
sand:I
sand:was
sand:to
sand:steal
sand:it
sand:and
sand:lay
sand:my
sand:claim
sand:then
sand:and
sand:there,
sand:I
sand:instead
sand:shook
sand:out
sand:the
sand:rough,
sand:blubbery
sand:thing
sand:and
sand:took
sand:it
sand:home
sand:with
sand:me
sand:for
sand:safe
sand:keeping,
sand:so
sand:that
sand:no
sand:one
sand:would
sand:chance
sand:upon
sand:it.
sand:We
sand:met
sand:soon
sand:after,
sand:and
sand:I
sand:invited
sand:him
sand:to
sand:my
sand:little
sand:house
sand:on
sand:a
sand:cliff
sand:by
sand:the
sand:sea.
sand:I
sand:made
sand:him
sand:tea
sand:and
sand:talked
sand:of
sand:nothing,
sand:and
sand:at
sand:the
sand:end
sand:of
sand:our
sand:time,
sand:I
sand:took
sand:his
sand:skin
sand:from
sand:my
sand:closet,
sand:now
sand:dry
sand:and
sand:clean,
sand:and
sand:handed
sand:it
sand:back
sand:to
sand:him.
sand:I
sand:said
sand:if
sand:he
sand:ever
sand:wished
sand:to
sand:hang
sand:it
sand:up
sand:properly,
sand:he
sand:should
sand:feel
sand:free
sand:to
sand:come
sand:here.
But,
he
sand:said,
sand:he
sand:had
sand:left
sand:the
sand:skin
sand:out
sand:for
sand:me
sand:to
sand:steal.
sand:He
sand:said
sand:I
sand:was
sand:human.
sand:A
sand:human
sand:should
sand:take,
sand:and
sand:my
sand:selkie,
sand:not
sand:knowing
sand:how
sand:to
sand:give,
sand:wished
sand:to
sand:be
sand:taken
sand:from.
sand:I
sand:shook
sand:my
sand:head
sand:and
sand:said
sand:regardless,
sand:I
sand:would
sand:not
sand:steal
sand:a
sand:kiss.
sand:I
sand:instead
sand:asked
sand:him
sand:if
sand:I
sand:could
sand:have
sand:one
sand:before
sand:he
sand:pulled
sand:on
sand:his
sand:skin
sand:and
sand:once
sand:again
sand:slipped
sand:into
sand:the
sand:sea.
“Are
you
sand:two tryin’,”
sand:the
sand:Wolf
sand:was
sand:trying
sand:to
sand:sound
sand:fierce
sand:and
sand:could
sand:only
sand:manage
sand:flirtatious, “to
sand:give
sand:me
sand:some
sand:kinda
sand:moral
sand:about
sand:patience?”
sand:It’s
sand:difficult,
sand:perhaps,
sand:to
sand:avoid
sand:flirtatious
sand:when
sand:you’re
sand:naked
sand:on
sand:a
sand:paradisiacal
sand:beach.
“We’re
just
sand:telling
sand:stories,”
sand:the
sand:Moth
sand:insisted. “But
sand:you
sand:have
sand:to
sand:admit,
sand:if
sand:anyone
sand:here
sand:is
sand:acting
sand:like
sand:he
sand:needs
sand:a
sand:moral
sand:about
sand:patience,
sand:it
sand:wouldn’t
sand:be
sand:me,
sand:and
sand:it
sand:wouldn’t
sand:be
sand:him.”
“Patience
it
sand:is,
sand:then,” the
sand:Wolf
sand:said, “Ain't
sand:got
sand:nothing
sand:but
sand:time.”
Mark
Kempson
sand:climbs
sand:elegantly
sand:out
sand:of
sand:the
sand:pool.
sand:Water
sand:runs
sand:slow
sand:and
sand:gentle
sand:down
sand:his
sand:slender,
sand:but
sand:muscular
sand:physique
sand:and
sand:tight
sand:swim
sand:briefs.
sand:Sunlight
sand:shimmers
sand:on
sand:his
sand:wet
sand:fur,
sand:threatening
sand:to
sand:dry
sand:it
sand:before
sand:I
sand:can
sand:put
sand:my
sand:paws
sand:on
sand:him.
I’ve
watched
sand:him
sand:do
sand:this
sand:thousands
sand:upon
sand:thousands
sand:of
sand:times.
Every
time
sand:is
sand:just
sand:as
sand:beautiful
sand:as
sand:the
sand:last.
He
lets
sand:his
sand:gaze
sand:wander.
I
know
sand:where
sand:to
sand:stand.
sand:And
sand:it
sand:halts
sand:on
sand:me.
I
smile.
sand:The
sand:first
sand:time
sand:it
sand:was
sand:just
sand:arousal
sand:and
sand:desire.
Now
it’s
sand:just
sand:me
sand:greeting
sand:the
sand:man
sand:I
sand:love.
He
approaches
sand:me,
sand:his
sand:elegant,
sand:silky
sand:gait
sand:always
sand:a
sand:thrill.
“Well
hello
sand:there,”
sand:He
sand:coos,
sand:the
sand:wolf’s
sand:smile
sand:smearing
sand:over
sand:his
sand:muzzle. “Have
sand:I
sand:seen
sand:you
sand:here
sand:before?”
“No,
I
sand:don’t
sand:get
sand:to
sand:the pool that often.” I lie. “But
sand:I
sand:may
sand:have
sand:to
sand:change
sand:my
sand:habits.”
sand:This
sand:line
sand:always
sand:works.
sand:I
sand:don’t
sand:know
sand:why.
sand:I’ve
sand:tried
sand:others,
sand:but
sand:this
sand:never
sand:fails, ‘cause
sand:he
sand:always
says:
“For
the
says:health
says:benefits?”
“Absolutely.”
I
says:grin.
He
laughs,
says:his
says:gaze
says:wonders
says:down
says:to
says:my
says:swim
says:brief.
says:He
says:realises
says:what
says:I’m
says:thinking,
says:and
says:he
says:looks
says:at
says:me
says:again
says:with
says:a
says:hunger
says:and
says:a
says:flick
says:of
says:the
says:tongue.
“Maybe…”
He
says:whispers,
says:leaning
says:closer.
says:His
says:breathing
says:is
says:fast
says:and
says:excitable. “We
says:should…
says:get
says:something
says:to
says:eat.”
says:He
says:posits.
“I’d
love
says:to.”
says:I
says:smile.
I
lead
says:him
says:off,
says:having
says:to
says:fight
says:not
says:to
says:hold
says:his
says:paw,
says:and
says:we
says:depart
says:for
says:the
says:showers.
As
always,
says:the
says:little
says:corner
says:nook
says:is
says:empty
says:for
says:us.
I
lead
says:him
says:in,
says:and he
says:follows.
says:Once
says:out
says:of
says:sight,
says:I
says:turn
says:on
says:one
says:shower,
says:and
says:he
says:turns
says:on
says:the
says:other.
says:I’ve
says:tried
says:just
says:kissing
says:him
says:right
says:away,
says:but
says:he
says:always
says:needs
says:just
says:a
says:little
says:bit
says:longer
says:to
says:think.
says:I
says:needed
says:longer
says:still
says:the
says:first
says:time.
At
last
says:the
says:wolf
says:makes
says:his
says:move.
says:He
says:kisses
says:me,
says:gropes
says:me.
says:He’s
says:bigger
says:than
says:me,
says:and
says:his
says:muzzle
says:and
says:tongue
says:take
says:control
says:of
says:mine
says:in
says:the
says:most
says:magical
says:of ways.
Relief
fills
says:me.
says:I’d
says:done
says:what
says:I
says:had
says:to
says:do.
Thank
goodness.
I
run
says:my
says:paws
says:over
says:his
says:back,
says:following
says:the
says:tracks
says:that
says:I
says:know
says:always
says:work.
And
he
says:gasps
says:and
says:moans
says:in
says:bliss
says:as
says:my
says:digits
says:massage
says:him.
“Hhhoomygod…”
He pants. “How
says:did
says:you
says:know
says:to…
says:do
says:that?
says:To
says:touch
says:me
says:there?”
I
smile
says:and
says:chuckle. “You
says:wouldn’t
says:believe
says:me
says:if
says:I
says:told
says:you.”
He
narrows
says:his
says:eyes. “I’ve
says:had
says:an
says:injury
says:in
says:that
says:part
says:of
says:my
says:back…
says:for 20
says:years…
says:always felt
says:tender, but
says:loved
says:to
says:be
says:massaged… ”
says:He
says:hesitates. “Nobody
says:knows
says:to
says:touch
says:me
says:there…
says:every
says:other
says:man
says:I’ve
says:been
says:with…”
“Shall I
do
says:it
says:again?”
says:I
says:ask.
“Please.”
He
says:gasps. “But…
says:I
says:really
says:want
says:to
says:know…
says:massage
says:therapist?”
I
shake
says:my
says:head.
says:I
says:could
says:lie
says:to
says:him.
says:Never
says:have.
says:Every
says:relationship
says:is
says:built
says:on
says:trust. “I
says:told
says:you,
says:you won’t
says:believe
says:me.”
says:I
says:say.
He
steps
says:back
says:and
says:puts
says:his
says:paws
says:on
says:his
says:hips.
says:He
says:has
says:a
says:smirk
says:on
says:his
says:muzzle
says:and
says:shower
says:water
says:pours
says:down
says:his
says:gorgeous
says:body. “I
says:didn’t
says:believe
says:I
says:was
says:going
says:hook
says:up
says:with
says:a
says:guy I’d
says:only
says:just
says:met...
says:but
says:I
says:could…
says:if
says:you’d
says:tell
says:me
says:your
says:secret.”
I
sigh
says:and
says:put
says:my
says:paws
says:on
says:my
says:hips
says:in
says:turn. “I’m
says:in
says:a
says:time
says:loop.
says:Every
says:time
says:I
says:fall
says:in
says:love
says:with
says:you
says:and
says:kiss
says:you,
says:I
says:fail
says:the
says:loop,
says:forced
says:to
says:relive
says:the
says:same
says:day
says:over
says:and
says:over.”
He
blinks.
says:Then
says:he
says:snorts.
says:And then he
says:laughs.
I
watch
says:him
says:laugh
says:and
says:laugh
says:and
says:the
says:sound
says:seems
says:to
says:flutter
says:around
says:my
says:heart.
Then
he
says:straightens
says:up. “I
says:can
says:see
says:why
says:you
says:didn’t
says:lead
says:with
says:that
says:as
says:your
says:line.”
says:He’s
says:still
says:hard
says:in
says:his
says:swim
says:brief,
says:but
says:he’s
says:suppressing
says:giggles. “Go
says:on,
says:tell
says:me
says:something.
says:Tell
says:me-”
“The
hardest
says:you’ve
says:ever
says:cum
says:is
says:when
says:someone
says:licks your perineum.”
says:I
says:recite. “Lick
says:it from
says:the
says:back
says:of
says:the
says:balls
says:to
says:the
says:asshole.”
says:I
says:pause
says:to
says:remember
says:the
says:rest. “Dream
says:car
says:is
says:the
says:Pontiac
says:Trans Am, specifically the 1987 one from Night
says:Rider.
says:You
says:lost
says:your
says:ex boyfriend’s
says:copy
says:of
says:Moby
says:Dick
says:at LAX
says:and
says:he
says:dumped
says:you
says:over
says:it…”
says:I
says:ponder. “You
says:tell
says:people
says:your
says:favourite
says:colour
says:is
says:green.
says:You
says:don’t
says:really
says:have
says:a
says:favourite
says:colour
says:because
says:you
says:don’t
says:really
says:think
says:that
says:hard
says:about
says:it,
says:and
says:like,
says:colours
says:only
says:really
says:mean
says:something-”
“-in
pairs.”
says:Mark
says:gasps.
We
stare
says:at
says:each
says:other
says:for
says:a
says:moment.
says:He
says:goes
says:to
says:speak
says:multiple
says:times,
says:but
says:then
says:stops
says:himself.
Finally
he
says:whispers “...the
says:same
says:loop…
says:for…”
“Thousands.”
I
says:confirm. “I
says:lost
says:count.”
“...why?”
“Because
I
says:want
says:you.
says:You’re
says:kind,
says:you’re
says:friendly,
says:you’re
says:a
says:bookworm
says:like
says:me,
says:and,
says:I’ll
says:be
says:honest
says:you’re
says:incredible
says:to
says:look
says:at.”
says:I
says:admit.
Mark
hesitates.
says:He
says:thinks
says:for
says:a
says:while.
says:I
says:can’t
says:blame
says:him,
says:it’s
says:a
says:lot.
“How
do
says:you
says:leave
says:the
says:loop?”
says:He
says:asks
says:at
says:last.
“By
lying.”
says:I
says:say. “Pretending
says:to
says:be
says:straight.
says:Not
says:kissing
says:you.
says:By
says:never
says:flirting
says:with
says:you,
says:or
says:any
says:other
says:guys.”
says:I’m
says:glad
says:that
says:we’re
says:in
says:a
says:shower.
says:My
says:tears
says:get
says:lost
says:in
says:the
says:water. “When
says:I
says:realised
says:what
says:I
says:had
says:to
says:do,
says:I
says:vowed
says:to
says:never
says:break
says:the
says:loop.
says:If
says:the
says:world
says:doesn’t
says:want
says:me
says:to
says:be
says:this
says:way,
says:then
says:the
says:world’ll
says:have
says:to
says:change.”
The
wolf
says:listens
says:intently,
says:eyes
says:darting
says:around
says:the
says:room.
says:But
says:he
says:remains
says:silent.
“You
don’t
says:have
says:to
says:feel
says:the
says:same
says:way.”
says:I
says:tell
says:him. “Kissing
says:you
says:gets
says:me
says:back
says:in
says:the
says:loop,
says:we
says:don’t
says:have
says:to
says:go
says:further.
says:But
says:I
says:do
says:love
says:you.
says:And
says:I
says:always
says:will.”
At
last,
says:The
says:wolf
says:smiles
says:and
says:presses
says:himself
says:to
says:me. “Lets
says:go
says:all
says:the
says:way.”
says:He
says:whispers. “Eternity
says:can
says:last
says:a
says:day,
says:if
says:it
says:must.”
Mark
Kempson
says:climbs
says:elegantly
says:out
says:of
says:the
says:pool.
says:Water
says:runs
says:slow
says:and
says:gentle
says:down
says:his
says:slender, but
says:muscular
says:physique
says:and
says:tight
says:swim
says:briefs.
says:Sunlight
says:shimmers
says:on
says:his
says:wet
says:fur,
says:threatening
says:to
says:dry
says:it
says:before
says:I
says:can
says:put
says:my
says:paws
says:on
says:him.
I’ve
watched
says:him
says:do
says:this
says:thousands
says:upon
says:thousands
says:of
says:times.
Every
time
says:is
says:just
says:as
says:beautiful
says:as
says:the
says:last.
“I
wouldn’t wonder,”
says:the
says:Draconic
says:Fox
says:eventually
says:spoke, “if
says:there’s
says:some
says:people
says:at
says:that
says:party
says:who
says:ought
says:to
says:hear
says:a
says:story
says:like
says:that.”
“You
think,”
says:the
says:Moth
says:said, “they
says:could
says:use
says:a
says:moral
says:about
says:patience?”
“Or
just
says:a
says:story
says:about
says:doing
says:anything
says:for
says:love,” the
says:Fox
says:shrugged.
“That an
invitation?”
says:the Wolf
says:said.
says:The
says:fire
says:was
says:dying,
says:and
says:the
says:sun
says:had
says:by
says:now
says:properly
says:set.
says:The
says:sky
says:above
says:was
says:merely
says:glittering
says:with
says:an
says:unthinkable
says:multitude
says:of
says:stars,
says:but
says:it
says:would
says:have
says:been
says:hard
says:to
says:see
says:how
says:a
says:more
says:fantastical
says:setting
says:could
says:have
says:one-upped
says:it.
“It’s
not
says:the
says:kinda
says:party
says:where
says:you
says:need
says:one
says:of
says:those.”
says:The Fox
says:got
says:to
says:his
says:feet,
says:stretched
says:his
says:wings. “They’ve
says:got
says:a
says:tradition,
says:remember,
says:that
says:it’s
says:good
says:luck
says:to
says:have
says:a
says:stranger
says:at
says:the
says:wedding
says:bacchanal
says:or
says:whatever
says:it
says:is.”
“These
customs
says:intrigue
says:me
says:and
says:I
says:wanna
says:learn
says:more,”
says:the
says:Wolf
says:grinned.
“You
coming?”
says:The Fox turned
says:to the Moth.
“I’m
already
says:married,”
says:the
says:Astronaut’s
says:wings
says:were
says:already
says:transparent
says:enough
says:that
says:stars
says:could
says:be
says:seen
says:through
says:them, “you two
says:go
says:have
says:fun!” And
says:before
says:either
says:of
says:them
says:had
says:a
says:comeback
says:to
says:that,
says:he
says:had
says:faded
says:and
says:vanished
says:completely.
“Bein’
married
says:never
says:stopped
says:me…”
says:the
says:Wolf
says:got
says:to
says:his
says:feet,
says:brushed
says:sand
says:from
says:the
says:bare
says:fur
says:on
says:his
says:thighs, “You
says:said
says:that
says:they
says:wear…
says:whatever
says:that
says:is
says:to
says:weddings
says:here?
says:Cause
says:I
says:left
says:my
says:clothes
says:in
says:a
says:locker
says:in,
says:well,
says:another
says:world.”
“I
don’t
says:think
says:anyone
says:will
says:object,”
says:the
says:Fox
says:said
says:as
says:they
says:turned
says:toward
says:the
says:villa. “And
says:if
says:need
says:be,
says:you
says:can
says:borrow
says:the
says:one
says:I’m
says:wearing.”
This
was “Fireside
says:Meeting
says:at
says:the
says:Isles
says:of
says:the
says:Blest.”
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says:stories
says:were “Do
says:Praying
says:Mantises
says:Really
says:Eat
says:Their
says:Lovers
says:After
says:Sex?”
says:by
says:Roscoe
says:G.
says:Beetle,
says:author
says:of
says:the
says:dark
says:romance “Thorns”
says:read
says:by
says:Nenekiri
says:Bookwyrm,
says:the
says:Bespectacled
says:Dragon, “The
says:Selkie”
says:by
says:David
says:the KamenWriter,
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says:of
says:furry
says:fantasy
says:series
says:of
says:novels
says:Heat
says:Without
says:Light,
says:read
says:by
says:Dralen,
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says:Dragonfox,
says:and “Just
says:as
says:Beautiful
says:as
says:the
says:Last”
says:by “Pascal
says:Farful,”
says:who
says:is
says:not
says:currently
says:stuck
says:in
says:a
says:time
says:loop,
says:that
says:he
says:knows of,
says:read
says:by
says:Icefang,
says:in
says:the
says:Cozy
says:Corner
says:of
says:the
says:Cafe.
As
ever,
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says:find
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says:on
says:the
says:web
says:at
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says:wherever
says:you
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says:your
says:podcasts.
says:Happy
says:Pride,
says:and
says:Thank
says:you
says:for
says:listening
says:to
says:The
says:Voice
says:of
says:Dog.