“Can we take her out now?” Julie asks as she nuzzles Bow.
“Anything your heart desires, beautiful,” I answer, lifting her up on the saddle. I grab my readied horse from the stable and hop on. I trot out to where Julie is waiting, and the way she’s looking at me, I don’t understand. It’s as if she’s really seeing me for the first time—and maybe she is.
“Where to?” She looks ahead and then back at me. “I don’t know these trails as well as you do.”
“Let’s follow the creek down and to the lake.” I look up at the sky and then back at her. “We’ve only got a couple of hours of daylight left and I don’t like the idea of keeping you out after dark.”
“Afraid I’ll turn into a werewolf?” She winks as she trots ahead.
“Nah, if you were a wolf, I’d just mount you from behind and f**k you under the
