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They waited for me as I walked around the back of a house.
I took off my clothes.
Folded them.
Stored them near a back porch.
A piece of paper stuck out of one of the pockets.
I shoved it back in.
The bones and muscles under my skin began to shift, and I
am wolf
i am wolf and there
there are cubs
cubs to play with
cubs to chase
cubs to love
cubs to protect
i will
catch them and play with them and nothing will ever hurt them
A boy followed me as I shifted back hours later. He was bright-eyed with a devilish smile.
He turned away as I dressed myself. He was bouncing on his toes like he was excited.
“Had enough yet, Tony?” I asked him as I put my glasses on. “You can turn around now.”
He grinned at me as he did. “Your wolf is so big! Am I going to be big like you?”
“Bigger,” I said as he took my hand in his, tugging on my arm. “I bet you’ll be the biggest wolf there ever was.”
His eyes were wide. “Really?” he breathed. “Whoa. Even bigger than an Alpha? Mom says I’ll be a Beta, but maybe if I get big enough, I could be an Alpha too!”
“I don’t know,” I said seriously. “Being an Alpha is a lot of hard work.”
“I can do it,” he said. “I’d be the best Alpha in the world. And when I’m the Alpha, you won’t have to be sad all the time.”
I blinked. “What? I’m not sad all the time. I’m not sad at all.”
He frowned as he looked at my fingers. “Mom says blue is sad. And you smell like blue. Like the ocean.”
I knelt down before him. “What do we say about smelling other people without their permission?”
He scowled. “Not to do it.”
“Right. Because it’s impolite.”
He shook his head. “It’s not—I’m not being imperlite. It’s….” He scrunched up his face. “You’re my favorite. After my mom. And dad. And brother. And Ms. Dunstrom, but she’s my teacher, so she doesn’t count. So you’re like, my fifth favorite.” He looked proud.
