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"You done?"
"No."
I laughed again.
"Not even close."
The calf mooed.
Beast glared at it too.
"Everybody's funny today."
That nearly killed me.
I wiped tears from my eyes.
"Your face."
"Careful."
"No, seriously."
I pointed.
"Your entire face."
His jaw tightened.
I laughed harder.
The ranch hands were openly crying now.
One finally managed to gasp out?—
"You look like a chocolate-covered grizzly bear."
That did it.
Even Beast's mouth twitched.
Just barely.
But I saw it.
A tiny crack in the armor.
Then he sighed.
The fight left his shoulders.
And for the first time all morning, he laughed.
Low.
Rough.
Real.
