QUOTE : So,” he said, shaking his head. “I’m too much for you. You should have said something. We might be married, Mercy, but no still means no.”<br /><br />I widened my eyes at him. “I just haven’t wanted to hurt your feelings.”<br /><br />“When I give you that little nudge, hmm?” His voice took on a considering air. “Come to think of it, I’m feeling a little nudge coming on right now.”<br /><br />“Now?” I whispered in horrified tones. I looked up toward Jesse’s room. “Think of the children.”<br /><br />He tilted his head as if to listen, then shook it. “They won’t hear anything from there.” He started slowly down the stairs.<br /><br />“Think of Darryl, Zack, Lucia, and Joel,” I said earnestly. “They’ll be scarred for life.”<br /><br />“You know what they say about werewolves,” he told me gravely, stepping down to the ground.<br /><br />I broke and ran—and he was right on my tail. Figuratively speaking, of course. I don’t have a tail unless I’m in my coyote shape.