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came Mouse, small and
hurried as she kept up with the much taller Dragos.
    After their wonderful run up the mountain,
Sanda and Beryx talked, and he’d alerted her to be prepared for a
summons that day. She was tense the whole morning. At least, it
didn’t look like the others were being sent away from the
community.  Beryx would not have let her go into that
unprepared.
    Now, she waited for Jurisa to pass judgment
on her actions, certainly the most rash and dangerous of the four
of them.
    “We understand going after your mate,” Jurisa
said. The leader shared a glance with her own mate before
continuing. “I would do the same. I was prepared to do the same for
Beryx. However,” Jurisa said. She turned to face Sanda, walking
slowly forward.
    “You acted without regard for your own
imminent transition. An action that resulted in damage to property
and which harmed humans.” Jurisa stopped to come within a hair’s
breath of Sanda. “I will not tolerate behavior that puts the
contract between humans and Lycans in danger.”
    Sanda swallowed. The Alpha was a lot more
intimidating up close. No wonder Dragos took a back seat when she
was around.
    “Understand?” Jurisa asked, her voice quiet,
but firm.
    Sanda nodded. She breathed a sigh of relief
when the Alpha backed off, giving her breathing room once more.
    “Everyone is valuable, human or Lycan. To
help you understand that, I’m apprenticing you to Mouse,” Jurisa
said, placing her hands on her hips and smiling at Sanda with
obvious satisfaction. “You will follow her directions, and you will
learn how to heal the damage caused by careless action.”
    Sanda gaped for a moment, managing to just
rein in a surprised outburst. Mouse must have been planning this
all along. “I understand,” she said, realizing that Jurisa was
waiting for a response.
    “Good.” The leader clapped her hands
together, signaling the end of their meeting. “Go home and rest.
You start tomorrow.”
    Sanda left the leader and her mate in a much
relieved mood. She’d stay here in the community. She’d have work
and a purpose. She still had Beryx too.
    He called out to her from where he was
waiting by the fence post on the street. Sanda embraced her mate
with a happy kiss.
    “You knew didn’t you,” Sanda said.
    “I had an inkling,” he admitted. “Are you
pleased?”
    “Yes, very pleased and relieved.”
    “Me too,” Beryx said, clasping her hand in
his larger one. They walked together down the street of their small
community. Fellow passersby greeted them, everyone wrapped tightly
in their heavy cloaks. Snow started to fall in great big fat
clumps, a rarity for the Cold Mountains. Sanda decided to take it
as a good sign. When she got home, Sanda also decided she would
show her mate exactly how pleased she was to have him.
    The end.
     

Sample: Predator on the Rim
    Kerry followed her lead into the darkened
corridor of the space station. A small outpost of the far rim of
the sector, the tiny station was a tin can floating next to a
pockmarked asteroid. It served only as a listening post for radio
communications between ships and the sol system. The occupants long
since dead. She and Marcus found what was left of them strewn
across the control room when they arrived.
    The hallway was particularly small and
cramped and dark with the lights out. The damn thing they were
hunting had gotten into the wiring system and ripped it apart. She
and Marcus were working only by the flashlights affixed to the
muzzles of their weapons. They had to stay alert, but the humidity
and extreme heat in the small space made Kerry feel fuzzy. It had
also gotten into the temp control system and seemed to prefer the
atmosphere inside be much like its own environment. Tropical and
sticky.
    Sweat ran down Kerry's face and neck, pooling
between her breasts and the armor plating she wore to protect
herself from the creatures they hunted. She was sweating all over
underneath her suit. If this lasted much