Damn. He realized he'd just apologized to her. Those were not words he threw around very often. If she was surprised by the action, he was too. Even more so.
"I've never taken part."
"What?" He'd lost her.
Wait. She couldn't mean. Did she mean? Holy s**t.
"I said I have never taken part in any of my Skulk's solstice festivities."
"So, you have never dated anyone in your Skulk? That's not so unusual, outsiders might be easier at first-"
"More than that," she said lowly, but his Shifter hearing meant he'd caught it.
"You've never dated anyone from a Bear Clan?"
"No, Mr. Atiqtalaaq, I have never dated anyone."
Bowie swallowed. Okay, scent aside, Roxanne Winters was one beautiful Vixen. Her mane of red hair and bright green eyes almost made him swallow his tongue. And her body, as h
