g

ome, Ben asks. I'm hurrying because I want

, which includes black tights, a black velvet dress, hefty silver heels, and a leather jacket. I'm not sure whether we're meeting in human or wolf form. It takes a fe

at it is 5:50. If I want to arrive in

nd tell him I'll return later. Ben was still absorbed in his video game when I arrived home. Sin

o go on all those dates I've been fantasising about. I'll think as Sharon does every Saturday a

cognize Kael. His eyes, like a beacon, and his hair, glittering in the

delighted you want to me

with his soft-looking, deep brown fur, leaps towar

neck with my fingertips. Kael doesn't pull away from me even though he shivers, and the fur on his ha

in the other shape and he's in the first. I gasp. Every neuron in my body is firing with feeling, and until I'm stan

er his shoulder and starts with hardly a stop, sugges

Running with Kael makes me feel as if I'm floating over the earth, my paws barely touching the rotting leaves that litter the woodland pathways that we zigzag over. Running has

moon has barely moved somewhat since we left. It seems weeks or maybe days have passed since I stepped into the woods, afraid of

because I'm so at ease and at ease in his company

tle cloud of air above us, he leans toward my he

l me that my being a rogue doesn't matter, that he still wants me. And even though we don't s

I miss his heat when he turns back into a human, but at least I see him looking gorgeous in tight jeans,

athing heavily as I stand

netheless, taking in his beauty for extended periods

hat, Ke

e can answer, there's a nearby wig-breaking sound. His body instantly

ifting back,

connect, I know he sees me the way no one else has e