Manhattan Moon by Jae

Author:Jae [Jae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lesbian, werewolf, shapeshifter, halloween, Paranormal, romance, forbidden love
Amazon: B009TAZ12E
Publisher: Ylva Verlag e.Kfr.
Published: 2012-10-17T22:00:00+00:00

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“Are you sure we shouldn’t wait for Nyla?” Shelby asked, peeking at the lamb skewers on her plate.

Mrs. Rozakis patted Shelby’s arm. “There’s still enough left over for Nyla. You go ahead and eat.”

Shelby didn’t have to be told twice. Even though she rarely shifted shape and therefore didn’t use up as much energy as other Wrasa, she still had the appetite of all Wrasa. She cut off a large piece of meat and put it into her mouth.

A symphony of tastes exploded on her tongue: olive oil, lemon, dill, and garlic. She hummed as she chewed the tender meat. “Mmm. Delicious.”

Mrs. Rozakis beamed. “I’m glad you like it.” She heaped more rice onto Shelby’s plate. Instead of eating, Mrs. Rozakis leaned back and watched as Shelby wolfed down her meat. “Why did you become a doctor?” she finally asked.

Shelby paused with the fork halfway to her mouth. There it was, the first of the interrogation questions. And Shelby couldn’t answer totally truthful. “My father, two of my aunts, and my grandmother are doctors,” she answered. That much was true.

“Ah, so it’s a family tradition.”

That was only half true. Even though many members of her pack had dedicated themselves to practicing medicine, all but Shelby had decided on Wrasa medicine. She put another bite of lamb into her mouth and mumbled an answer that was just as likely to be a confirmation as a denial.

“Are all the other doctors in your family psychiatrists too?” Mrs. Rozakis asked.

Shelby couldn’t tell her that psychiatry was a not very well-known, if not nonexistent, branch of Wrasa medicine. Wrasa didn’t suffer from mental disorders. At least that was the official story. Maybe it had really been true in the past. Shelby wasn’t sure, but she knew today it was a lie. She laughed even though she felt like crying. “Oh God, no. Can you imagine family get-togethers if almost every member of the family is a psychiatrist?”

Of course, Mrs. Rozakis couldn’t imagine Shelby’s family get-togethers at all. Instead of looking at photo albums over coffee and cake and talking about family members who hadn’t been able to make it to the meeting, Shelby’s pack came together to shift shape in a hidden clearing and to run through the forest in their coyote forms until morning dawned.

Mrs. Rozakis laughed. “Then why did you go into psychiatry?”

Shelby decided to tell the truth. She liked Nyla’s grandmother—and not just for her food. “When I was growing up, my grandfather was my hero.”

“Was he a doctor too?”

“No. He ... As long as I can remember, he never worked. He suffered from bipolar disorder. Severe depression alternating with manic episodes.” Not that he had ever been diagnosed with any mental disorder. Officially, her grandfather was just an oddball who kept apart from the rest of the pack and rarely shape-shifted. He was an outsider within the pack, just like Shelby. “I became a psychiatrist to help people like him.”

As far as she knew, she was the only Wrasa psychiatrist in North America.

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