“She doesn’t come out with you?”
“No, she takes care of the place while we’re gone.”
She chuckled, picturing a falcon guarding over a rustic cabin in a deep wood. “What does she hunt?”
“Grouse, duck, pheasant.”
“Does she bring them home to you?”
“Yes. We let her keep the mice, rats, and snakes. But we like wild birds.”
“Oh, I love that so much. What’s her name?”
“Blitz.”
“Oh, this is so good. Okay, any other wild pets?”
“Just a lynx.”
“You have a pet lynx?”
“Yes.”
“How’d you get that?”
“While we were out hunting, Bear came trotting down the trail holding her in his mouth by the scruff of the neck. He dropped her in front of me. About a mile away, we found her mother’s carcass, the victim of wolves. She escaped somehow. She was a few weeks old, so we gave her a home.”
“And she gets along with Bear.”
“Best friends.”
“What’s her name?”
“Bella.”
“Oh, this is so good. You have a hunting falcon named Blitz and a lynx named Bella. Any others?”
“Nope. That’s the whole family.” He paused. “Well, Beryl, of course.”
“Bart, Bear, Bella, Blitz, and Beryl. Nice family.”
“We’re very happy together.”
Chapter 4
They let the fire burn down to coals before finally carrying supplies back to the kitchen. He washed the dishes while she put food away. Molly didn’t like leaving food out and wanted the kitchen clean in the morning. But knowing what was ahead, she was completely aroused and anxious to get to it.
The kitchen clean, she took his hand and led him into her bedroom.
“Ready for your shower?”
“Yes.”
“I hope you’ll let me give you a good scrub. It’s one of my specialties. Molly’s hot and soapy shower.”
“Perfect.”
He pulled her close, and she looked up. They studied the other for a long time. She liked what she saw and really liked what she was feeling, a hard, tight, muscular, aroused man in her bedroom. She finally leaned up and gave him a warm, soft kiss on the lips. It tasted so good and felt so right. Then she put her hand behind his neck and pulled his face to her, and the next kiss lasted several minutes, a hot, deep, passionate lover’s kiss.
