“No more roped than I.”  The rowdy leopard responded, “I just thought you would be white or grey, not … a red fur.”  Then the snow leopard grinned as he continued, “One, that I might add, is feisty too.”  When she said start over, Ivan took the paw offered and he explained before he took her offer, “Yes, I was roped into looking after you, I never wanted to leave home.  I was quite happy working as a hunter.”<br/><br/>Then he took a deep breath, “However, what I want isn’t that important.  It’s wonderful to meet you Ava, I’m Ivan and I’m not sorry that I got roped into this, I’m sort of glad.  A lot of my fellow leopards get a task for years, this will be less than that for me.”  Suddenly the leopard smiled as he said, “Come, let me at least buy you a drink, Ava, and you can tell me what, besides watching your back, am I responsible for?”<br/><br/>While he waited for an answer, Ivan looked over the wolf x malamute and he decided that the malamute features softened the wolf look, she had softer cheeks and looks a lot more approachable than a wolf would have done and what’s more she had the markings of  … civilization, but then his eyes fell back to her hips and thighs and he wondered if she knew how much power she possessed?  Probably not but he couldn’t get over the muscles in the hugging pants, if he had legs like that, he wouldn’t be sucking right now.. he’d be kicking some fellow leopards and he would have stayed home.  No, you don’t always get what you want, Ivan mused, but he sure wished it would happen at least once.