preserving.”
"I have met Miss Munroe once, and already you and Caitlin have decided that I want
her." He laughed. "As if she would have me, crippled though she is. I am not human.
Worry about Caitlin, not me.”
Ulysses was silent for a time. "I feel that it is incumbent upon me to warn you that you
talk in your sleep.”
Morgan turned sharply to face him. "What?”
"You have spoken of things
deeply painful. I know you would not wish to share them
with outsiders, but I am your friend, Morgan. I will listen, should you—”
"What did I say?”
Ulysses held his gaze without fear. "You spoke of your father. And of prison bars.”
Morgan slammed his glass on the sawhorse that served as a table. "I am a convict.
Does that change your friendship, Professor?”
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"No. It only convinces me that you must speak of these things to someone if you are to
put them behind you.”
"As you've put your past behind you?" Morgan laughed. "I—”
The tent flap opened and Tamar eased inside. She glanced at Ulysses and ignored him,
making straight for Morgan.
"I waited for you," she said.
Morgan eyed her coldly. "I was not aware we planned to meet.”
"But you do not wish to spend this night alone.”
"You make yourself foolish, Tamar," Ulysses said, the words clipped like a Yankee's.
"I do not care for your opinion, little man.”
"Morgan wants no part of you.”
"Oh, does the mannequin speak for you now, my wolf?”
She sat on the cot beside Morgan and breathed in his ear. "Is he your master? Or are
you in love already with the little girl in the chair?”
Morgan stiffened. "If you want tender sentiments, look somewhere else.”
"Ah, but I find love as tedious as you do. We have much in common, you and I. We
share only what we wish to share, no more." Her long tongue curled about his earlobe.
"Come. Come away, and let me show you.”
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Morgan's body had begun to throb in a way he had ignored one too many times. This
was pain he didn't have to endure, especially when the cure was so free of
consequences. He and Tamar could use each other without illusions or expectations.
Ulysses and Caitlin thought he was attracted to Athena Munroe. There was one way of
making them see how wrong they were—and purging his own senses of Athena's
unsettling effect.
He got up, pulling Tamar with him. "Very well," he said. "We'll give each other what we
want. But don't expect a lover. I am in no mood for gentleness.”
The pupils of her eyes were large with desire and excitement. "I do not want it." She
darted forward and kissed him, pushing her tongue into his mouth. He responded with
equal violence, despising himself. As she led him from the tent, she cast a final,
triumphant glance at Ulysses.
Morgan did not look back.
Chapter 6
The streets of Denver's business district were everything Morgan hated. He stalked up
Sixteenth Street, keeping his eyes fixed on his course, head down against the
occasional stares and doing his best to ignore the cacophonous noise and overripe
smells of horses, dung, spoiled food, smoke, unwashed human flesh, and the scent of
many humans crowded together.
He would rather not have come here at all. The Munroes' boundless generosity had
provided the circus's principal performers with lodgings at Denver's finest hotel, the
Windsor. Morgan might have been included among those so favored, but he would
sooner hang than stay in the city. Visiting it was bad enough.
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So he remained on the lot with the roustabouts, crew, and lesser performers, watching
the circus come to life again. At the end of the first few days in Denver, French's
Fantastic Family Circus was back in trim, busy with practice and preparation for the
orphans' performance to be held at the end of the week. Everyone
"I have met Miss Munroe once, and already you and Caitlin have decided that I want
her." He laughed. "As if she would have me, crippled though she is. I am not human.
Worry about Caitlin, not me.”
Ulysses was silent for a time. "I feel that it is incumbent upon me to warn you that you
talk in your sleep.”
Morgan turned sharply to face him. "What?”
"You have spoken of things
deeply painful. I know you would not wish to share them
with outsiders, but I am your friend, Morgan. I will listen, should you—”
"What did I say?”
Ulysses held his gaze without fear. "You spoke of your father. And of prison bars.”
Morgan slammed his glass on the sawhorse that served as a table. "I am a convict.
Does that change your friendship, Professor?”
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"No. It only convinces me that you must speak of these things to someone if you are to
put them behind you.”
"As you've put your past behind you?" Morgan laughed. "I—”
The tent flap opened and Tamar eased inside. She glanced at Ulysses and ignored him,
making straight for Morgan.
"I waited for you," she said.
Morgan eyed her coldly. "I was not aware we planned to meet.”
"But you do not wish to spend this night alone.”
"You make yourself foolish, Tamar," Ulysses said, the words clipped like a Yankee's.
"I do not care for your opinion, little man.”
"Morgan wants no part of you.”
"Oh, does the mannequin speak for you now, my wolf?”
She sat on the cot beside Morgan and breathed in his ear. "Is he your master? Or are
you in love already with the little girl in the chair?”
Morgan stiffened. "If you want tender sentiments, look somewhere else.”
"Ah, but I find love as tedious as you do. We have much in common, you and I. We
share only what we wish to share, no more." Her long tongue curled about his earlobe.
"Come. Come away, and let me show you.”
To Catch a Wolf – 19th Century Werewolf 04
Page 89 of 410
Morgan's body had begun to throb in a way he had ignored one too many times. This
was pain he didn't have to endure, especially when the cure was so free of
consequences. He and Tamar could use each other without illusions or expectations.
Ulysses and Caitlin thought he was attracted to Athena Munroe. There was one way of
making them see how wrong they were—and purging his own senses of Athena's
unsettling effect.
He got up, pulling Tamar with him. "Very well," he said. "We'll give each other what we
want. But don't expect a lover. I am in no mood for gentleness.”
The pupils of her eyes were large with desire and excitement. "I do not want it." She
darted forward and kissed him, pushing her tongue into his mouth. He responded with
equal violence, despising himself. As she led him from the tent, she cast a final,
triumphant glance at Ulysses.
Morgan did not look back.
Chapter 6
The streets of Denver's business district were everything Morgan hated. He stalked up
Sixteenth Street, keeping his eyes fixed on his course, head down against the
occasional stares and doing his best to ignore the cacophonous noise and overripe
smells of horses, dung, spoiled food, smoke, unwashed human flesh, and the scent of
many humans crowded together.
He would rather not have come here at all. The Munroes' boundless generosity had
provided the circus's principal performers with lodgings at Denver's finest hotel, the
Windsor. Morgan might have been included among those so favored, but he would
sooner hang than stay in the city. Visiting it was bad enough.
To Catch a Wolf – 19th Century Werewolf 04
Page 90 of 410
So he remained on the lot with the roustabouts, crew, and lesser performers, watching
the circus come to life again. At the end of the first few days in Denver, French's
Fantastic Family Circus was back in trim, busy with practice and preparation for the
orphans' performance to be held at the end of the week. Everyone
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