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He studied me again, for a long moment, before he resumed sniffing.
I groaned and dropped to my back on the bed. “Are you just going to act like I never—”
Sharp pain in my ankle cut me off.
I opened my mouth to let out a cry, but the pain vanished too quickly, and the cry died in my throat. Instead of pain, I started to feel… numb.
The tingling numbness spread up my body as Ford licked my ankle. I thought the damn thing might fall off; it was throbbing like hell, and though it didn’t hurt, it didn’t feel great, either.
My fingers gripped the fur on Ford’s back as he turned around, licking my face with soft whines. I tried to push him away, but found that my arms wouldn’t move.
I wasn’t sure what was happening, until I heard an awful crack.
My eyes shut as my body started to break.
I recognized the sounds from the car ride with Ford; it had sounded painful when he shifted, even when I wasn’t focused on him.
Ford continued to explore my skin—not the naughty bits—with his tongue. He stuck to my face, arms, and legs while the awful sounds and throbbing numbness continued to fill the air.
I felt myself growing distant, like my control over my own body was shrinking and lessening, until I was looking down at furry paws instead of arms.
That was a damned shocker, for sure.
I tried to scream and move away from the paws, but it didn’t work.
So I tried to move away from Ford—who seemed to be shifting back to human form—but I couldn’t move.
Teagan’s words about us being completely separate from our animals and detached from them in every way but bodily suddenly made too much sense.
My wolf licked at the brown shoulder that appeared in front of us as Ford finished his transition. He groaned up at me, his eyes groggy.
“Shit,” he muttered, his fingers catching in my fur. “That wasn’t long enough.”
What wasn’t long enough?
His eyes closed, and he fell asleep.
