At Casc\\adia Reptil/e
Resear*ch (Institute, N!%:;oah Hayes is assigned to Avery, the largest and mo,st %bad-.^tempered white ?`python in th _@`e; fa^?ci\:/lity. \Avery ref.*u-ses food,]` s --car/!es a, way e
ve#ry snake N oah: cares for,@ b(ites onl`y
:him, [^and keeps wrapping arou.(nd )[hi-`#m lik.
 e a^? jealous lover. @]Noah th- ink :s[? the snake h$a@$+tes him,* ] until=* a b reeding-@se][@.ason ch*eck r,\eve.#als the ridiculous truth: Avery has be +$en courti:n,g hi:m all alon$g. When Avery st arts:^ leaving- “gifts,” guarding(] him fr#om oth% er snakes, a+ ^nd appear/;\`ing `-in \Noah’(s (,dre_\^ams as a ;beaut(iful si@lver* ]-h;.
air^]e$]?d #;man, N!-%oa]h* r_!ealize )s his troublesome wh(ite:]^- snak
@e may/ want far more tha ^n c*#+a,@(re. He wants Noah.