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by Hollis Shiloh


  I glanced at Jake. Sometimes it was all right.

  I found myself staring at the colors and patterns of light on wet surfaces as if they held some deeper meaning. I knew things would settle and make more sense soon, that Jake and I would be able to carry on a conversation, that my mind would stop drifting. I wondered how long it would take.

  While we walked, Jake looked at me a couple of times but didn't say anything. I could see he was trying to be brave. I wished I had the words to reassure him that it was all right.

  But I didn't. I didn't know what to say to let him know I was okay and that I still loved him. I didn't have any words to speak at all, and a few beeps would have been less than reassuring at the moment.

  But I hated that uncertain look about him. He needed to know everything was okay. And of course it was; nothing deep inside me had changed. Not my love for my job, or liking old movies, or the way I felt about my partner and lover, Jake Elliot.

  Something occurred to me, and I didn't ponder it, I just did it. I reached over and took his hand as we walked. Jake gave me a surprised look. Then his shoulders straightened and his smile got bigger. He walked taller, almost strutting down the street beside me.

  A couple of people glanced our way. One raised an eyebrow in a superior fashion, as if there was something to judge. It took me a few moments to remember we'd never done this before in public, holding hands, displaying our attachment publicly, and that some people wouldn't approve.

  Was I endangering him? I should be careful what I said and did after an adjustment, I knew. But he didn't pull away. He walked with me proudly, holding my hand for almost half a block before he let go.

  We didn't speak the entire walk. But we didn't need to. He understood, and everything was beautiful, even like this.

  the end

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  Also by Hollis Shiloh

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  The Body in the Backyard

  Poison at the Bake Sale

  Baking Bears

  Bear and Fox

  Bear's Delight

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  Back to You

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  Hearts of Gold

  Swords of Silver

  Levi & Jett

  Fireproof

  Still Fireproof

  Marrying Men

  False Engagement

  A Marriage Plot

  A Husband for Steel and Blood

  Two Soldiers

  Rowan Clare At Home

  Max & Jamie

  And You Still Are

  The Only One for Me

  Men of Magic

  Forgotten Things

  Missing Things

  Off the Shelves

  Men of the ESRB

  Safe

  Keep

  Sure

  Know

  Care

  Lock

  My Wolf Heart

  Mate Found

  Shiftless No More

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  My Partner the Wolf

  My Partner and Me

  Joey and the Fox

  My Sahil

  Partners in Deed

  Some Reservations

  Shelter

  Foxed

  Trey's Partner

  Journey

  Foxed Up

  Not My Mate

  Second Time Charm

  Harry Ever After

  All My Broken Pieces

  Loyal

  Trees Take the Long View

  Someone Else's Wolf

  A Quiet Man

  Starring Role

  I'm Your Guy

  My Fox Mate

  Wolf at the Door

  You're Worth It

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  Strands

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