Chapter 24

Ignoring his suddenly racing pulse, Wynn replied, “That doesn’t mean you want me hanging around, throwing it in your face every time you see me that at any moment I might literally head for the hills and become a wild animal.”

“Doesn’t mean I don’t either.” Mick smiled slightly. “As long as I don’t have to watch. That would be a bit too freaky I think. Just the picture of Lionel doing it spooked me, and that was before I knew it was the real thing.”

“So if I stick around for a few days, we can see if, well, if what we felt before, or what I felt at least, was the real thing?”

“Oh I felt it too. I thought I made that very clear.”

Wynn snorted. “Not hardly. I propositioned you, sort of, and you said, let’s see if I remember, something about ‘maybe, but my safety was more important at the moment’. Not exactly an enthusiastic response.”