Fur and Fangs #3 by Rae D. Magdon

Author:Rae D. Magdon [Magdon, Rae D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Desert Palm Press
Published: 2017-07-29T23:00:00+00:00

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Hours later, we walk the empty track around the reservoir. Izzy has changed back. I haven’t yet. She talks, even though I can’t talk back. “Thanks for asking me to come. I wanted to. I just didn’t want to make you uncomfortable.”

I nudge her shoulder with my nose. She’s wearing my clothes and I’m happy she smells like me. It’s okay, Izzy.

“I know your change is different from mine. I can control it, and you’re at the whim of the moon. But I hope seeing me in my other form helped.”

I whine. Lick the side of her arm. Yes. It did help.

“Not all of us are bats, you know. Some turn into cats. Some become mice. A couple can even change into dogs.”

I like you as a bat. You can keep up with me in the air.

She smiles, reaching up to scratch between my ears. “You’re a good listener, Riley. Not just like this, either. But…I must admit, you look even more like a golden retriever now than you usually do.”

I plant my rear on the ground and growl. Izzy turns toward me. Our faces are the same height.

“Oh, don’t be like that. I’m sorry, but it’s the truth. Look at all this fluffy golden fur.” She runs her hands through my coat, scratching behind my ears.

I let her do it. I’m a pushover.

“Who’s a happy wolf?” she coos.

I slurp against the side of her face to shut her up.

“Ew,” she shrieks, but she giggles as she pulls away. She swipes her arm over her cheek. “No kisses until you turn back, okay?”

Kisses. I could do with some of those. I look past her head, toward the sky. Is it pink yet? Yes. I can feel the sun creeping up. It’s faint but warm in the distance, just out of reach.

As the first rays break over the tops of the trees, I begin to change. My limbs shorten, reshaping themselves. My hair recedes. My muzzle shrinks until I’ve got a normal nose again. I rise on two legs to greet the dawn, stretching out the kinks in my spine. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, turning into a wolf and back again can leave a body sore.

That’s when I notice Isabeau. She’s got my shirt pulled up over her head and her arms tucked inside to protect herself. Suddenly, I realize I’m not the only one who’s uncomfortable. Isabeau’s stayed with me until the sun rose, and I bet she hasn’t reapplied her lotion recently.

“C’mon,” I say, shepherding her out of the faint sunlight and toward the shadowy grove of trees where I’d first changed. “They’ve got spare clothes for any wolves that lose theirs during the night. I’ll get you some.”

“Naked?” Isabeau’s voice is slightly muffled with my shirt pulled over her face.

I clear my throat. “I don’t mind none. Won’t be but a moment.”

Leaning into kiss her, then realizing there isn’t any bare skin to kiss, I go for an awkward, scratchy hug instead and jog toward the nearest supply tent.

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