Secret Jaguar (Curse of the Moon Book 6) by Stacy Claflin

Author:Stacy Claflin [Claflin, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Carter

I clenched my fists, hating that I could do nothing to help Katya. Once she had quieted, I turned around. Hopefully she was in jaguar form.

She was. And she wasn’t moving.

I raced over to her and rested my hand on her jaguar stomach. It moved up and down. She was breathing. Her body just needed to recover.

First shifts were like that.

“It’s going to be okay.” I kissed the top of her head, between her ears before shifting myself.

Once I was in jaguar form, Katya had lifted her head and was looking around.

I’m alive.

I nodded. Of course you are.

You can hear me? She rose to all fours.

We communicate through our thoughts in this form.

Is there anything else you haven’t told me yet?

Probably. I can’t think of everything. Come on, let’s run.

She lowered her front half and stretched. I’ll follow you. You know the woods.

Let me know if I need to slow down.

I stretched my massive paws out, then burst into a run. Katya was at my side in a matter of moments. Apparently I hadn’t needed to worry about her speed.

The farther we ran, the more I felt her relax. It was taking her no time at all to settle into her new form. We raced and played, even tackling each other and rolling around in a field of wildflowers.

It was the most fun I’d had in a long time—in any form.

After a while, we both rested on our sides. Dirt and pebbles clung to her fur, and mine as well, I assumed. We just enjoyed being in each other’s presence for a while.

Then she rose and stretched, yawning.

I leaped to all fours. Want to meet some other supernaturals?

Can we talk to them like this too?

We’ll shift back first.

Sure.

I crouched low and then burst into a run. She caught up almost immediately. We headed for the Faeble. I slowed my pace and went around to the cubbies.

She turned to me. What are we doing?

This is where the supernaturals are.

We’re going to shift back first?

Yeah, they don’t allow animals inside. That includes shifters.

What about our clothes? You promised me—

You can borrow one of the werewolves’ outfits. It’s fine. Are you ready to turn back?

She yawned. I think so.

Let me shift first, so I can grab the right clothes. I can only have you borrow from my pack.

Katya yawned again and curled up into a ball, facing away from me.

I quickly shifted back, threw on a set of my clothes, then found one of Stella’s dresses. She and Katya were about the same height. Then I set it next to her.

Her bones popped and her fur retracted, showing human skin. I spun around as fast as I could, careful to keep my gaze averted so I could keep my promise of giving her full privacy.

“Are you okay over there?”

“Just trying to get used to all this. It’s not as scary as I expected, actually.”

“Glad to hear it.” I walked over to a stack of chopped wood and studied it as though it was the most interesting thing in the history of the world.

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