Base Nature (115 page)

“I
n
ee
d
him,”
L
iv said
again and
she
gave
a little
c
r
y.

He had the
ur
ge
th
e
n
to
cha
n
g
e
,
r
ise
u
p
and
ru
n,
taki
n
g
h
e
r
with
him.
S
o
ang
r
y
at s
ee
ing
h
e
r sca
re
d
a
gain
that
his
r
ati
o
nale l
e
ft
h
i
m.
Bu
t
it
was
alm
o
st
t
o
o
m
u
ch
e
ff
o
r
t
t
o
bre
at
h
e
,
he c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
imag
i
ne
ru
nning.
He kiss
e
d h
e
r
o
ne
m
o
r
e
tim
e
,
f
ee
ling
the
s
li
d
e
o
f h
e
r
si
l
k
e
n
s
kin
u
n
de
r
h
is
lips
r
ight
be
f
o
r
e
e
v
er
ything
br
o
ke
d
o
wn
into
d
o
ts
o
f
white and g
r
ay.

G
a
rre
t
t
l
o
st his g
r
ip
o
n
c
o
nsci
o
u
sn
e
ss.

*
*
*
*
*

She was
g
o
r
g
e
o
u
s,
A
.J.
w
o
u
ld give him
that.
A t
o
tally
d
iff
ere
nt
f
e
male
f
r
o
m
E
il
ee
n. Wh
er
e
E
il
ee
n
h
ad
bee
n
av
er
age
h
e
ight
and lithe and
red
h
e
a
d
e
d
with
spa
r
kling
g
ree
n
e
y
e
s
like
the
s
e
a,
this
o
ne was
tall
and
c
ur
vy,
with
f
la
re
d
hips
and
a
s
mall
waist.
L
o
ng
u
n
ru
ly
hair swi
r
l
e
d
a
r
o
u
nd h
e
r
pale
face
a
nd
wh
e
n
she h
e
a
r
d
him,
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
fl
e
w
o
p
e
n,
d
a
r
k
br
o
wn
like
the
be
st
ma
h
o
gany w
o
o
d
.
T
h
e
y w
er
e
so
d
a
r
k,
in fact,
f
o
r
a
n
i
n
stant
he th
o
u
ght th
e
y w
er
e
b
lack.

“Hi
th
ere
,
y
o
u
m
u
st
b
e
the
n
e
w
mat
e
.
I’
m
A
.J.
and
I’
m
h
er
e
to
make
s
ur
e
y
o
u answ
e
r
f
o
r
what y
o
u’
ve
d
o
n
e
.”
He
s
a
id
it
s
o
ftly
a
nd
g
r
a
bb
e
d
h
e
r
b
y
the
a
r
m
to
ha
u
l
h
e
r
u
p.
She
might
b
e
w
o
lf
n
o
w
bu
t
he
was
b
igg
e
r
and
st
r
o
ng
er
,
o
l
de
r
and
a
b
o
r
n
lycan. She was
half
h
u
man,
br
an
d
-
n
e
w
and had
n
o
i
de
a
what
was
g
o
i
n
g
o
n.
He smil
e
d
at
h
e
r
e
v
e
n as she
kick
e
d
o
u
t, i
n
stinct
tak
i
ng
o
v
er
.

G
a
rre
t
t,
pale
a
nd
u
nc
o
n
sci
o
u
s
o
n the
bed
,
t
r
i
e
d
t
o
sti
r
.

“
Pu
t
h
e
r
d
o
wn,
A
.J.
!
”
K
e
lly
s
a
id
f
r
o
m
the
d
oo
r
.
She
sta
l
k
e
d
i
n
as if
s
he
o
wn
e
d
the
d
ank
h
o
v
e
l
o
f
a h
o
u
s
e
.
B
its
o
f
c
e
iling flak
e
d
d
o
wn a
r
o
u
nd
th
e
m
like
r
o
tt
e
n
s
n
o
w
wh
e
n the
do
o
r
b
ang
e
d
the
wall
o
n the
b
ackswi
n
g.

“
M
ind
y
o
u
r
o
wn
bu
sin
e
ss,
K
e
lly,”
he
sai
d
.
He
s
h
oo
k
the
gi
r
l
a
littl
e
.
J
u
st
to
s
h
o
w h
e
r
that he
c
o
u
l
d
.

A
.J.
f
e
lt
the wave
o
f
f
e
ar
he was
aft
e
r
bu
t
th
e
n
s
he
s
ur
p
r
is
e
d
h
im,
snapping
at
him with
h
e
r
v
er
y
e
v
e
n,
v
er
y
white
bu
t
v
er
y
h
u
man
t
ee
th.
He la
u
gh
ed
,
he had t
o
.
“
O
h
my. Wh
o
’
s
af
r
aid
o
f
the
little
n
e
w
w
o
lf?
N
o
t
I
bu
t
I
g
i
ve
y
o
u an
A
f
o
r
e
ff
o
r
t,”
he
said
a
nd
dr
o
pp
e
d
h
er
.
A
.J.
gath
ere
d
b
o
th w
r
ists in his
b
ig hand
and
sq
uee
z
e
d
u
ntil she
w
i
nc
ed
.

“I
do
n
’
t
think
th
er
e
’
s
any
call
f
o
r
that,
A
.J.,”
Ch
e
st
e
r
said
walking
in.
He
p
u
t
his hand
o
n K
e
lly
’
s s
h
o
u
l
de
r
t
o
tame
h
er
.
She
l
o
o
k
e
d
f
it
t
o
kill.

A
.J.
g
r
inn
ed
.
“
I’
m
p
re
tty
m
u
ch
the
e
l
d
e
r
w
h
o
han
d
l
e
s
j
u
stic
e
,
s
o
I
t
h
ink
th
er
e
is.
A
t l
e
ast
u
ntil
we g
e
t
it
all
st
r
aight
e
n
e
d
o
u
t.
N
o
w,
what
a
b
o
u
t
o
u
r little
l
o
st
lamb h
ere
?”
He t
o
o
k
the
t
o
e
o
f his
bo
o
t
a
nd
n
ud
g
e
d
G
a
rre
t
t.
G
a
rre
tt
st
ru
ggl
e
d
to
o
p
e
n his
e
y
e
s and
b
a
re
ly
c
o
u
l
d
.
L
iv
l
e
t
o
u
t
a
c
r
y
and
m
o
v
e
d
f
o
r
him
bu
t
A
.J.
t
u
gg
e
d
h
e
r
b
ack,
the p
re
ss
u
r
e
o
n h
e
r
sh
o
u
l
der
s
s
o
ha
r
d
s
he
sc
re
am
ed
.