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that is baffling , but I have no time to think about it because I have to get ready. Hopping up I rush into the bathroom and start stripping off my dirt covered clothes and t a k e the quickest shower of my life. In my haste I forget clean clothes, which normally wouldn’t be a problem but with Billy in the house I can’t walk around in a towel, so I peek out the door to see if the coast i s clear then beg i n a mad dash for my room. I ma k e it all of two steps before I trip and f a ll over Pike w ho ha s decided to stand guard at the bathroom door. Trying to grasp the wall to stop my fall I manage to pull a couple picture frames down with me. I ’m trying to stand up , hoping Billy didn’t hear my fall , but no such luck because he c o me s running out of Dad ’s room.
     
    “Are you ok ay doll?” He asks stopping just short of the broken frames.
     
    Pulling the towel around me tighter and trying to maneuver around the glass shards, “I’m fine. I just tripped.”
     
    “ You look like you started a fight with the wall of pictures and the pictures won. And your knee’s a little banged up. Do you want me to check it out? You might have glass in the cut.” He ma k e s a move to come help me but Pike instantly g e t s in his way. Billy trie s to move to the other side to get by but Pike ’s faster and block s that way as well.
     
    The two stare each other down for a good minute, before Billy look s away. Pike must have won because Billy thr o w s his hands up, “Fine pup I won’t doctor up her knee. Sorry do ll it looks like your guard refuses to let me help you. You best go clean up that knee before you bleed all over the floor. I’ll get the broom and clean this glass up.” Then he proceed s to stomp toward the kitchen.
     
    Running my hand through Pike’s coat in a soothing voice I tell him , “Ok ay come with me you big brute. I’ll clean up my own knee. No help from Billy.”
     
    Yelling after Billy’s retreating form , “Sorry, I’m not sure why he’s acting this way. Thanks for getting the glass though .”
     
    “No problem. Just don’t let that horse boss you around, if you start now he’ll always have the upper hand. ” Billy calls from the kitchen .
     
    Heading back to the bathroom I holler over my shoulder, “He’s just a dog Billy. He can’t boss anyone around.”
     
    “Tell that to him!” I hear him reply in a chuckle.
     
    Chapter 10 – Pike
     
    ~ I’m a little taken with him as well ~
     
    Take out the part where the trap caught my paw and last night was one of the best nights of my life. It took all the control I ha ve not to shift back to my human form wh ile I was laying in bed with her. God, if she knew what was racing through my mind when she was rubbing her hands over my coat she’d stop thinking of me as an innocent dog.
     
    A dog! The woman thinks I’m a dog, and not even a scary dog. A dog she trusted enough to bring into her home and allow s to share her bed. 
     
    I’ve been called a lot of things over the years, including being likened to a hell hound, come to bring the wrath of Satan , but nobody has ever mistaken me for a common house pet. I can’t decide if I’m insulted or should be happy that I don’t scare her. Ok ay , I am happy she’s not afraid of me, but I think my alpha ego is bruised. I’m suppose d to intimidate people. People like Billy, but you see how that’s going. And I know I promised no more growling at this guy, but I can’t help myself when she’s running around in those tiny shorts she tries to pass off as pajamas.
     
    Hell , because of the little towel move she just pulled I almost killed the man . She would’ve never forgiven me for that one; I don’ t care how nice of a guy he may be , he’s rubbing my wolf and me the wrong way . M y wolf doesn’t want anyone but him around her when she’s practically naked. What the heck happened to flannel pajamas or even a robe? It would’ve been a much more sensible choice when