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“A wildlife preserve” That, at least, was true There was one, about forty miles froas stations, if that’s what you’re asking”

Gray nodded and pulled onto the road “In that case, wesome kind of blur in the road about an hour back”

She looked at him and smiled “A blur in the road?”

“Yeah” He grinned “You knohat passes for civilization in the , another that guarantees you the biggest, nastiest looking rattlesnake heads…”

“Yuck”

“And as station” He looked at her, a little s? Wait Let uess You don’t like rattler heads”

“I just think they belong attached to rattler bodies, that’s all”

“Wow”

Dawn shifted in the seat so she could turn toward him “Wohat?”

“Wow, a lady who likes snakes Never thought I’d get to see such a creature”

She laughed “I didn’t say I liked them Actually I don’t like the, you know, kind of barbaric about killing them just so you can et them to look like that Do you knohat I mean?”

“To tell the truth, I never thought about it but—yeah You’re right It does see…unless, of course, you eat the rest of the snake”

Her eyes widened “Eat it?”

He grinned at the way her voice skidded up the scale “Uh-huh Cross my heart Don’t look at me that way It’s considered a delicacy”

“Rattlesnake,” she said flatly “A delicacy”