The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell He sighed. "Actually, Puma's can't roar, we're missing the necessary parts. Specialized larynx and hyoid apparatus, to be precise. And we can change at will,
we aren't ruled by the moon." "Oh." Emma's head was reeling. "Can you show me?" Max frowned. "Show you?" "Yeah." Emma straightened up, half terrified and half excited at the prospect of seeing
him change. She waved her hand at him commandingly. "Change. Become a cat." "Now?" "Yeah, now! What, you need to wait for the full moon? I thought you said you could change at will?" "Emma" "I
mean, why tell me this at all if you weren't willing to, I dunno, prove it or something?" "Emma" He was starting to sound all snarly again. "So c'mon, Lion-O, hop to it." She clapped, loud and
sharp. "Chop-chop!" "Emma!" "What?" "Have you ever seen a cougar in Levi's?" "No." "Neither have I." He looked like he couldn't decide if he wanted to laugh or yowl. "You mean you'd have to"
Emma eyed his jeans speculatively. "Yes." "Oh." "And if my ass is naked, baby, you'd better believe yours will be too." Emma put her hands on her hips and glared at him. "Isn't this why you
brought me all the way out here, to show me your Incredible Cougar Act?" "Puma." "Whatever." "No." "Then why?" "I figured if you screamed no one would hear you." Emma blinked. "Gee, Max, you're
all heart." He had the grace to blush. Treasure Hunting by J.B. McDonald Santiago sighed, a hand over his bare chest as he looked skyward. "Ah, teasing me and then admitting it's untrue. You
break my heart." "It's a woman thing." She nodded cheerfully. "We promise dirty songs and then yank them away when you get hopeful." He chuckled, the sound rumbling through theforest. "Yes,
because
