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“Are youtrying to be annoying?” I demandedMy patience was not waning, but entirely gone
How long had it been since I'd slept? The only thing that ached worse than my leg was my head
Every breath hurt my sideI realized, with some surprise, that I was in a truly bad mood
“Because if you are, then be assured, you have succeeded
Jared and Wes looked at me with shocked eyesI was sure that if I could see the others, their
expressions would matchHe was the master of the poker face
“Iam female,” I complained“That 'it' business is really getting on my nerves
Jared blinked in surpriseThen his face settled back into harder lines“Because of the body you
wear?”
Wes glared at him
“Because ofme, ” I hissed
“By whose definition?”
“How about by yours? In my species, I am the one that bears youngIs that not female enough
for you?”
That stopped him short
As you should,Melanie approvede's wrong, and he's being a pig about it
We girls have to stick together
“That's a story you've never told us,” Wes murmured, while Jared struggled for a rebuttal
“How does that work?”
Wes's olive-toned face darkened, as if he'd just realized he had spoken the words out loud“I
mean, I guess you don't have to answer that, if I'm being rudeMy mood was swinging around wildly, out of controlSlaphappy, like Mel had sa