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wanted him to take Gollie to the vet for an examination. She obviously hadn’t given him her number, although she supposed everything was on the internet these days. By now, Cade knew her name, rank, serial number, okay, maybe not everything, but he’d definitely know she was a college grad with a dead end job and active in the ancient world reenactment guild with special interest in Israel, Philistia, and the Minoans of Crete.
    “Think we should take Gollie to the vet to see if she was spayed or not?” Andie folded the piece of paper into a tiny square and tucked it into the watch pocket of her jeans.
    “I’ll call Fran. Money’s tight now that your father’s on disability. I’m sure she took care of it.”
    “Hope so,” Andie said. Even though her father was a lecturer at the university, he didn’t have tenure, since he’d spent most of his career digging at archaeological sites, most of it volunteer, which meant he had to buy his own medical insurance.
    After dinner, Andie helped her mother clean up, then took a leash and called for Gollie to go on her evening walk.
    “You’ve been a naughty girl today swishing your tail at every male in the vicinity.” She grabbed a baseball bat from the hall closet. “In lieu of a shotgun, this will have to do.”
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    Cade couldn’t believe his luck when Red barked and strained at his leash. Sure enough, Andie and her dog strolled a block ahead of them on the snow lined street. Except this time, she was armed with a baseball bat, no doubt to beat off any potential suitors.
    There they went, both females swinging their luscious behinds. Red barked and panted next to him.
    “I know how you feel, boy.” He sighed and stared in the same direction. “At least you got yours already.”
    Ever since he met the delectable librarian deep in the antiquities department, he couldn’t help wondering what she’d look like without the heavy sweater and loosely fitted jeans she wore. Unlike California, where the weather year round enticed women to dress sparingly, the winter chill in upstate New York kept everyone’s assets under wraps.
    Even so, he could detect the curvature of her waist thinning from her double handfuls of breasts. And judging by the creaminess of the skin at her neck, she was bound to have the softest, smoothest feel—skin untouched by the sun, warm, and silky, and fragrant, and especially tender between the thighs.
    The beautiful face was a given, yet hers was fresh and wholesome, barely made up, unlike the developing leather of the sun damaged beach bunnies who frequented sports bars and club parties back in LA.
    He couldn’t wait to experience how she’d blossom under his touch, how she’d flush rosy under the bloom of sexual arousal, and whether she was a screamer or a scratcher, maybe both.
    As if sensing his thoughts, Red lunged on his leash, panting toward the direction of Andie and her bewitching female dog.
    “You’re going to have to behave yourself, buddy.” He shortened the lead and commanded his dog to heel before speeding up his stride.
    Andie’s dog noticed them first. She bounced and hopped, turning around and waving her tail like a come-get-me banner.
    “Stay put while I talk to them.” He yanked Red back, sensing the eagerness at which his dog was attracted to hers.
    The dogs greeted each other with sniffing and tail wagging. Red was on a shortened leash so the only thing he could do was slip his long tongue between the female dog’s hind legs.
    “Can you stop him?” Andie averted her eyes while trying to drag her dog away.
    Cade couldn’t help wiggling his eyebrows. “He’s not hurting her, and she’s not complaining. If you don’t want her pregnant, we should take her to the vet as soon as possible. I looked it up on the internet and sperm can live up to a week inside of her, so it’s better if we get her some hormonal injections.”
    “You mean, like the morning after pill?”
    “Doggie style.” He cocked a