"Man after mah own heart" Ashenna said half mockingly under her breath, regarding the newcomer with wary eyes.  Akiko she knew and trusted, the bookworm she could understand, and Adriana she could dismiss if not exactly ignore the sultry woman.  But this new one . . . she felt her lips curl back in instinctive challenge; her heart beating faster as deep in her throat the low growl of a she-wolf defending her territory rumbled up from her chest.  And beneath that, the heat of a tigress recognizing a fellow jungle cat.<br/><br/>