That was why I was unlocking my front door with Fox standing at my back. Trixie came barrelling down the hallway from, no doubt, my bedroom. Usually, she’d growl or bark if I had someone new with me, like she had with Deanna, Zara and Julian. Only with Fox, she took one sniff of him, wagged her tail and whimpered up at him for a pat. Yeah, girl, I would do the same. “She likes you,” I said as I led the way down my hall and into my kitchen. I looked behind me for Fox, only he wasn’t there. I went back to the hall and glanced down it. I found him just inside the door, crouching down, patting and comforting Trixie. My heart melted. He looked up and said in his deep, strip-worthy, voice, “Good, because I like her owner.” Then he stood and stalked toward me. “You want me, Ivy?” he growled his question. I backed up into the kitchen where my back hit the bench. “Ivy, I asked you a question. Answer me,” he ordered as he kept coming. “Yes,” I panted.
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