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Becky looked up at hi there?"

"I thought she could rinned down at his mate, and Adrian had to hide a smile The rest of the people in the room didn’t even bother A feent so far as to chuckle as Becky grunted in response

"I like my apart a very nice thing for a new friend"

Becky sighed "That was a lo, Siht"

"Oh, well, we can’t have your feet getting cold, can we, Garfield?"

"I’ll take that as a yes" Sihter

That little bit of laughter helped ease the tensions in the room People settled in co to know the newest Pride mely neither was Belinda The tohed together over so day after Sheri got off work He felt some of his own tension ease; his mate would be safe with Belinda He’d hit Max up for the full story tomorrow

Chapter Three

"Go ahead Ask" Sheri tried not to grin as Belinda put her sandwich down and leaned in on both elbows, looking both curious and guilty

"What’s it like being an albino?" Belinda asked quietly

She sighed as she put her sandwich down She wasn’t offended She’d gotten used to correcting people, but it still bothered her that people asked "I really hate that word"

"Why?"

She’d been waiting for someone to ask her that question since yesterday at the Pride e The toers and fries and totally blowing their diets It was one of the nicest afternoons she’d had in a long tiain She hoped they weren’t about to ruin that

"I’ I have a co someone a leper It’s a condition I live with, not who I a hed "Think about the stereotype of the ‘albino’ We’re always the evil one who’s out to do some nasty stuff to some poor innocent who doesn’t know that the albino is evil And nobody stares at you just because you’re blonde"

There was a moment of silence "Okay," Belinda finally drawled "Tell er halfway to her mouth, her head tilted as she tried to catch the other woman’s expression

"How about this one? A redhead walks into the doctor’s office and says, ‘Doc, it hurts wherever I touch myself’ The doc has her touch everywhere on her body, and sure enough, she screams every time she does The doc asks if she’s a natural blonde; stop me if you know the punch line?"

She blushed; she had heard this one before, and had laughed as loudly as her friends had

"The doc says, ‘I thought so; your finger is broken’"