I sat down on the fake wooden bench, and looked out over the city, while I drank my coffee.“You know you could have worn a suit and tie,” Junior M...rtin demanded.“Seems to me you said pack light and get here today. I left my suit in the warehouse,” I said. He may or may not have understood that I no longer had a suit.“Well, I didn’t think you would wear shorts and a tee shirt,” he commented heatedly.“Please do us both a favor and fire me,” I said my voice going up in pitch and volume.“You know I. Sweetpee was not in heat, but irresistible anyway. I had to wait many many days before we met, but perhaps not as many days as it felt like. At last I saw her coming with her human, a female, and I knew even before I could feel her wonderful scent that it was her. I knew by the graceful way she carried her beautiful tail and the spring in her steps. I could feel from her scent that she liked me too, just like it should be and she showed her lovely teeth and growled beautifully threateningly,. She needed me more than I did her, and I was joyful to be her rock. Now, I am the needful one, the little girl who is stinging from her first hard crush, the emotional one. And this self-confident and strong woman is in control walking me through a very gentle letdown - because she is absolutely the most caring and decent woman. She told me that she has also been here in this painful unknown place of need. She also said the same thing about the hormones, and especially the second year. . And because I’ve learned some things, about the things we’re worried about.” And this was where shit might get awkward. He hadn’t exactly been upfront with Jessy about their search for the mysterious force acting in Dolareido, the thing Azamel warned them about, the thing he was pretty sure was Black Blood. But with shit getting more and more problematic, now was as good a time as any to tell her.“Let them come,” another voice said.“Sándor.” Jack sighed relief. Mark didn’t like Jack. Athalia.