Denelle

“We believe that animals are too pure for this life. They are all ascended beings who live in the after. Everything is perfect there. No pain or misfortune or heartbreak. But sometimes, they peer beyond the veil between this life and the next, and they see us here in the depths of our suffering, and they choose someone. One soul they want to help over any other. They come to us as… dear friends”—he cleared his throat—“when we need them most.”
― Callie Hart, Brimstone

“It kind of bothered him.
Okay, fine, her gasping and saying something like, "Gee, I didn't know they came that big" was probably not reasonable under the circumstances. But now he was worried she wasn't impressed at all.
Or hadn't even noticed he was a male?
Ah, yes, the penis ego was fragile, wasn't it?”
― JR Ward