Change of Heart [02] - Trusted Bond by Mary Calmes

Author:Mary Calmes [Calmes, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay, Fiction, Erotica, Romance, General, GLBT, Paranormal, Fantasy, m/m romance, dreamspinner press, mary calmes, Fantasy/Paranormal, Paperback, Novel, Sequel
ISBN: 9781615816675
Google: DW1XYgEACAAJ
Amazon: 1615816674
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2010-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

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absolutely every thought that came into her head. I was very thankful for

the distraction.

The museum was bigger than I expected and reminded me of every

natural history museum I had ever been in. There were lots of dead

animals stuffed in uncharacteristic ―attack‖ poses, armor, pottery, statues,

and paintings. The exhibits were extensive: history of the railway,

irrigation, and life along the Nile. The gem room was pretty, the

mummification room creepy, and the history of werepanthers, shown in

large, detailed frescoes, enough to bore me right out of my mind. I wasn‘t

surprised to see Femi‘s eyes rolling back in her head. She would be in a

coma in no time.

―What‘s that?‖ Femi pointed, dragging me across the room to an

enormous mural on the far wall.

As I had seen the same scene presented a million different times in a

million different ways over the course of my life, I knew what I was

looking at. ―Sweetheart, that‘s the history of how werepanthers came to

be.‖ I smiled down at her.

―Tell me.‖

―You know this,‖ I assured her. ―You tell me instead.‖

―I promise I don‘t.‖

I groaned under my breath.

―C‘mon,‖ she insisted, squeezing my hand.

―Fine.‖ I pointed at the reliefs. ―Thousands of years ago, there were

wild panthers in Egypt‖—I gestured toward the group of cats toward the

middle of the wall picture—―that eventually bred with African wildcats to

create you and me and every werepanther that lives today.‖

―Why did they want to be together, the panthers and the wildcats?‖

―Well, a lot of old books tell us that the panthers were being hunted

and killed, and the wildcats, which were self-domesticating—‖

―What is self… whatever you said?‖

I liked her. She wasn‘t afraid to speak up and ask questions, and that

was normally missing in kids I met. She had her own mind, fostered, I was

certain, by her grandmother.

―Jin?‖

―Sorry,‖ I said, smiling at her. ―It‘s like the wildcats chose to live

with people.‖

―How come?‖

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