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back and forth, glancing nervously toward the dog. Edging towards the door, “Now if ye should need…..”
    “ Hobart, how could this dog be mine when I didn’t arrive with it?” Crossing her arms across her chest, Kaitla waited for a response.
    By this time, Hobart had succeeded in reaching the door and with one smooth movement replied, “It’s not my place to ask, Miss, good e’en to ye!” and with that was out the door and down the hall like a shot.
    “ When I get out of here, I’m going to strangle Nettie!” Kaitla glared first at the dog and then the cat. Neither one, however, seemed disposed to answer.
    While idly chewing a bite of kidney pie, Kaitla glanced to the open window, noticing a tiny bird perched on the sill. Having already fixed a plate for Tobias and the dog, she proceeded to crumble up a bit of roll and scatter it along the sill for the tiny unusual bird. Odd that a bird should be hopping about this late but she was too tired to speculate on it. Brushing the crumbs from her hands, she stood and stretched to work the kinks out of her tired body. It had been a very long day.
    “ Well, dog, I guess you can stay the night and we’ll see if we can’t find your master in the morning.” She patted the furry head and scratched beneath his chin. “But as for me, I think it’s time for a bath and bed.” Kaitla walked through the doorway to the adjoining bathroom and began filling the tub.
    “ Etain! Now what am I going to do?” the dog-shaped Jared thought to the little bird on the ledge. “She’s disrobing and…”
    “ Calm yourself, Jared!” the tiny bird chirped harshly. “Ye’ve seen maidens bare before! I know ye’re no virgin! Just curl up on the rug and pretend ye’ve gone to sleep. Have I taught ye nothing?”
    “ A bare maiden is one thing,” Jared whined, “But this is Kaitla, she’s, well, she’s KAITLA!” Hearing the sound of bare feet padding across the floor, Jared quickly lay down on the rug, placing his nose between his paws and closing his eyes.
    “ I forgot my shampoo, Tobias, which bag did I leave it in? Emerging from the bathroom, Kaitla crossed to the pile of suitcases by the closet. She stretched to unzip the hanging bag and began fishing blindly for the elusive shampoo.
    Jared couldn’t resist. He’d been trained to be a gentleman but this was asking more then even the most gallant of Cuchailard could be expected to resist. His nose remaining between his paws, he slowly peeped through half closed eyes to catch a glimpse of Kaitla.
    There she stood in the soft glowing lights of the bedroom. Stretching to reach into the hanging suitcase, her lean body seemed even slimmer. Her reddish gold hair had been released from the worn ponytail holder and hung disheveled to her waist. Her long slender legs were well muscled from hours of alternately standing and squatting while painting her murals. Her shapely bottom curved from the slender waist and wiggled invitingly as she struggled with the suitcase. Finally capturing the elusive shampoo, she turned to pad softly back to the tub. Her small breasts and flat stomach were teasingly shielded with the loosened tresses, her lithe sensual body barely hidden beneath.
    As soon as Kaitla sank into the tub, Jared jumped up and scratched on the patio doors. “Open the damn doors, Etain!” he growled.
    “ Whatever for?” inquired the small bird as she cocked her head and willed the door open.
    “ I’m going for a swim and that water had best be cold!” With that, Jared rushed through the doors, jumped from the veranda, and loped across the yard, diving into the pond.
    ~*~
    Awakening disoriented, it took Kaitla a moment to realize where she was until the memories of her first unusual day at the estate came flooding back. “Ohhhh, maybe I was just tired and imagining things,” she sleepily mumbled to herself. Yawning, she stretched lazily, letting her eyes sweep the room. Someone had already been in this morning, removing