generations.”
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“So where do baby yetis come from?” Did she really just ask that question?
“We mate with human women.”
“Well, there’s a romantic word— not . Animals mate. People
don’t.”
“Ah, yes, people just fuck. Isn’t that what you said?” Edwina
cringed at Brian’s succinct statement. That was pretty much what
she’d said. Brian had no way of knowing she didn’t really mean it.
“Yeah, well, it still means I get a choice.”
“Agreed,” Brian said easily. “Would you like to watch a DVD?”
“Um…sure,” she said, trying to catch up with the abrupt change
of subject. Or was it? “Movie about what?”
Brian laughed as if he’d read her mind. “No, sweets, we don’t
have a propaganda video on why you should mate with yetis.” She
laughed a little too loudly, trying to hide the fact that she’d been thinking exactly that. Brian gave her a knowing smile but continued
talking. “I have a few action flicks, a couple of comedies, a
documentary on the migration and mating habits of geese—”
“Hell, no,” she said to the geese video. “Mayhem and destruction
sounds good.”
Brian walked over to the desk in the corner, grabbed a laptop, and
shuffled through a handful of DVDs. He set it up on the coffee table
and then offered her a hand so that she could stand up without losing her blanket. She glanced at all the unwashed dishes that had been left on the table.
“I’ll get to them later,” Brian said as he guided her over to the
sofa. “I’ve got a couple of days free, so it’ll give me something to do tomorrow.” It was kind of nice to realize he didn’t expect her to do them. Too many men she’d known had just assumed she would do the
“women’s work” without complaint. It didn’t matter that she was
college educated or an experienced helicopter pilot. When it came to
domestic matters, most men simply assumed she would be happy to
do them. At least the yetis didn’t seem to have the same hang-ups.
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79
She tried to smother the giggle as she mentally gave them a tick on
the plus side.
Brian looked over at her, smiled, but didn’t comment. He set the
DVD going, stretched out across the sofa, and patted the space in
front of him. Edwina eyed him warily but eventually decided it
wouldn’t hurt to lie down in front of him. She also kind of hoped to
absorb some of the warmth that Brian’s yeti blood managed to
produce.
“Shouldn’t you save the batteries?” she asked, concerned that her
watching a DVD might affect their work later on.
“We charge the batteries using solar power so we may as well
enjoy while the sun shines. In a few more weeks we’ll need to be
more careful, but for now we’ve got some spare power.”
She nodded her head and snuggled into Brian’s embrace. He
rested an arm over her waist but didn’t try to pull her closer or try anything she expected one would try if trying to seduce her. Edwina
made it about halfway through the movie before she fell asleep.
* * * *
Brian noticed Edwina relax but didn’t realize she was asleep until
she rolled over and pressed her face against his chest. Her cheeks
were cold, so Brian pulled her closer in the hopes of warming her up.
She was an unusual woman. All of the brothers were attracted to
her. It was something none of them had thought would ever happen—
despite their heritage—yet here they were, all falling for the same
woman. Except that said woman hated the cold and wouldn’t even
consider meeting their family let alone becoming part of it.
Brian could still smell his brothers’ scents clinging to her, and the primitive part of his psyche growled at him to make her his as well.
But the human side knew you couldn’t force someone to love you,
and despite what she’d said about “fun,” he really didn’t want to have sex with a woman who didn’t feel the same way as he did. A
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“So where do baby yetis come from?” Did she really just ask that question?
“We mate with human women.”
“Well, there’s a romantic word— not . Animals mate. People
don’t.”
“Ah, yes, people just fuck. Isn’t that what you said?” Edwina
cringed at Brian’s succinct statement. That was pretty much what
she’d said. Brian had no way of knowing she didn’t really mean it.
“Yeah, well, it still means I get a choice.”
“Agreed,” Brian said easily. “Would you like to watch a DVD?”
“Um…sure,” she said, trying to catch up with the abrupt change
of subject. Or was it? “Movie about what?”
Brian laughed as if he’d read her mind. “No, sweets, we don’t
have a propaganda video on why you should mate with yetis.” She
laughed a little too loudly, trying to hide the fact that she’d been thinking exactly that. Brian gave her a knowing smile but continued
talking. “I have a few action flicks, a couple of comedies, a
documentary on the migration and mating habits of geese—”
“Hell, no,” she said to the geese video. “Mayhem and destruction
sounds good.”
Brian walked over to the desk in the corner, grabbed a laptop, and
shuffled through a handful of DVDs. He set it up on the coffee table
and then offered her a hand so that she could stand up without losing her blanket. She glanced at all the unwashed dishes that had been left on the table.
“I’ll get to them later,” Brian said as he guided her over to the
sofa. “I’ve got a couple of days free, so it’ll give me something to do tomorrow.” It was kind of nice to realize he didn’t expect her to do them. Too many men she’d known had just assumed she would do the
“women’s work” without complaint. It didn’t matter that she was
college educated or an experienced helicopter pilot. When it came to
domestic matters, most men simply assumed she would be happy to
do them. At least the yetis didn’t seem to have the same hang-ups.
Edwina and the Seven Snowed-in Scientists
79
She tried to smother the giggle as she mentally gave them a tick on
the plus side.
Brian looked over at her, smiled, but didn’t comment. He set the
DVD going, stretched out across the sofa, and patted the space in
front of him. Edwina eyed him warily but eventually decided it
wouldn’t hurt to lie down in front of him. She also kind of hoped to
absorb some of the warmth that Brian’s yeti blood managed to
produce.
“Shouldn’t you save the batteries?” she asked, concerned that her
watching a DVD might affect their work later on.
“We charge the batteries using solar power so we may as well
enjoy while the sun shines. In a few more weeks we’ll need to be
more careful, but for now we’ve got some spare power.”
She nodded her head and snuggled into Brian’s embrace. He
rested an arm over her waist but didn’t try to pull her closer or try anything she expected one would try if trying to seduce her. Edwina
made it about halfway through the movie before she fell asleep.
* * * *
Brian noticed Edwina relax but didn’t realize she was asleep until
she rolled over and pressed her face against his chest. Her cheeks
were cold, so Brian pulled her closer in the hopes of warming her up.
She was an unusual woman. All of the brothers were attracted to
her. It was something none of them had thought would ever happen—
despite their heritage—yet here they were, all falling for the same
woman. Except that said woman hated the cold and wouldn’t even
consider meeting their family let alone becoming part of it.
Brian could still smell his brothers’ scents clinging to her, and the primitive part of his psyche growled at him to make her his as well.
But the human side knew you couldn’t force someone to love you,
and despite what she’d said about “fun,” he really didn’t want to have sex with a woman who didn’t feel the same way as he did. A
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