Picking my favorite Beware of Dog scenes in no particular order, because this book has perhaps my favorite dialogue of any book in the series. Up first, Shep going to see Raven.
“You’re shouting at me!”
“You’re shouting at me!” he shot back. “And if you shout at Cass about this, you and me are gonna have a big goddamn problem!”
Raven gulped audibly. She looked like she’d been slapped. She settled her hand at her throat, where her pulse throbbed a visible tattoo, and said, voice hoarse, “I could cut off the money. I could tell her I won’t pay for school.”
“No you won’t. Get outta here with that shit.”
“I could…” She trailed off, eyes big and bright with tears.
“What?” he sneered. “Threaten me? Then you better have a gun in your purse and a body bag on standby, ‘cause you don’t have anything else to threaten me with, sister.”
She bowed her head, sniffled quietly, and wiped at her eyes. When she lifted her head, she was smiling.
She choked out a laugh. “Christ, you are such an asshole.”
“Yeah.”
She rolled her eyes and dabbed at the corners. To the air, she said, “I always knew she wanted a Dog. That she’d end up with one. She would eat a little rich boy alive.”
Then she stepped around the table.
Shep sat up straight, and relaxed his jaw; it would hurt less, and do less damage if he was loose when she struck him.
Instead, she reached for him, with both hands, slow and careful like he was a dog about to bite, and caught his jaw in her palms. She leaned down and pressed a damp kiss to his forehead.
Shep’s hands were shaking where they rested between his thighs. “I do love her,” he said.
“I know that, darling,” she sighed. “I’ve known that for a long while now.”
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I loved it❤️
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