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Did she want to? What was so wrong living as a wolf? Running, chasing rabbits, rolling around in the grass. No one to mentally abuse you. No one to put you down. She could live in freedom, away from all the bullshit and pain.
“Come on, baby,” Everett coerced. “You’re safe.”
Was she? Her wolf eyes took him in, studying him. Although the wolf and the human were one, each had their own thoughts and personality. Her human self believed Everett, and she trusted him. But her wolf was another matter. Her wolf was angry she’d been hidden for years, basically abandoned, and she was loathe to give up her fur and turn back. She gave a low growl, flopping her head back down and closing her eyes.
She didn’t want to be human.
Being human was agonizing.
“Hey, Brinnah’s wolf,” he said, stroking down her flank. “I bet you’re thinking you can’t trust me, but we’re not like any of those assholes you lived with. I’d never keep you locked up from shifting.”
Give me back our skin, she thought.
I like running free, her wolf thought back. Trust our mate?
Seemed like her wolf didn’t claim Vadin either. She recognized Everett as her mate.
Yes. Trust our mate.
Her fur retracted, withdrawing back into skin. Her bones rearranged, snapping and cracking back into human. In a matter of seconds, Brinnah had shifted back. Aware that she was naked, she rolled over onto her stomach, giving herself a modicum of modesty. Shifters weren’t inherently shy, and nudity was as natural as breathing. However, she wasn’t used to being naked around a man.
“Did your she-wolf want to stay?”
“Yes,” she replied. “She isn’t used to running free for fun, and she rather liked it.”
“When did you allow your wolf out?”
“I didn’t,” she said. “Women aren’t allowed unless they’re mated, and since I wasn’t, I spent my adult life suppressing her.”
“Never?” he fumed. “Fuck. That’s absolute blasphemy. We are blessed with our dual nature from the High Luna herself. Your old pack pisses me off more and more every time I hear about them. If you’d like, we can run every day.”
She smiled. “We’ll see how it goes. I’ve got a job to find.”
“I understand your need for independence, but please feel free to ask me for anything.”
“I will.”
He glanced toward the sky. “Night is coming. Let’s head back and we can make dinner. Maybe watch a movie if you’d like.”
“Yeah,” she replied softly. “I’d like that.”
****
She had no idea when was the last time she’d seen a movie. Ten years? Fifteen? Some type of animated show during a trade trip to one of the other packs. They’d wanted the children to keep quiet so of course the parents plopped them down in front of the screen. She had been transfixed and begged for a TV of her own, but she’d not been allowed. The only person who had a television in the Moondust Pack was the alpha, and he only invited males over for beer and poker night. As well as watching the latest superhero movie.
The film Everett picked out was about a high school boy who turned into a werewolf and played basketball. It was a funny movie but she wondered if that’s how humans thought shifters were—self-centered and obsessed with popularity.
When the movie ended, she stretched.
“Did you like it?” Everett asked.
“Yes,” she replied, yawning. “But is that really how humans think we act?”
“Humans have no idea shifters exist, so they make up stories. Werewolves are mostly considered horror, so there’s a lot of that genre.”
“Oh, I don’t think I’d like horror, but I’m curious now.”
“We can pick out a few for another night, and if you think they’re too scary we can turn it off.”
