Wolf's Lie by Laura Taylor

Author:Laura Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: wolves, england, shapeshifter, shape shifter, wolf shifter
Publisher: Laura Taylor

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

In the nursery on the third floor of the manor, Dee paced the room, rocking a screaming Luke in her arms. He’d been at it for an hour now, and each time Dee had thought he’d been quieting down, he’d paused, taken a deep breath... and then screamed even louder.

Half an hour ago, she’d asked Mark to take Taya into their bedroom, letting her get some rest. Both children were in human form tonight, and everyone in the Den was putting in efforts to help them become accustomed to their new bodies, but until tonight, they’d always slept in wolf form. They’d tried to entice Luke back into that form earlier, Faeydir licking him, curling up on the floor with him, using her fur to keep him warm, but he wasn’t having it. He’d been fed and changed, and for the life of her, Dee couldn’t figure out what the problem was. And the longer it went on, the more frantic her thoughts became. Was he in pain? She couldn’t find anything obviously wrong with him. Was he sick? She couldn’t imagine how he could be. Shifters were immune to almost every disease she could think of. So maybe he was rejecting his human side and going rogue?

The door opened then, and Mark came in, dressed in a pair of pyjama bottoms. “Do you want me to take him for a while?” he offered, but Dee shook her head. “I’m okay. How’s Taya doing?”

“Confused, but otherwise fine. She’s refusing to go to sleep, but she’s quiet and comfortable.”

“They’ve both suddenly chosen tonight to sleep in human form,” Dee said, pointing out the obvious. “I knew they’d have to do it sooner or later, but is it weird that they both did it on the same night?”

“Don’t know,” Mark said laconically, coming over to stroke Luke’s hair. “But if that was the problem, Taya’s usually the one to complain about being human, not Luke.”

It was true. Every day since they’d been converted, either Mark or Dee had taken both pups to lie in the earth den for an hour or so; although Luke showed it less, it was a reasonable guess that he’d be finding all the changes just as stressful as Taya was. They played outside on the grass, spent plenty of time with the other members of the pack in wolf form, and Faeydir had regurgitated food for them to eat. They had sticks and old bones to chew on, and Mark and Dee had made a point of praising both children for shifting, no matter what form they were choosing at the time, or what activity they were interrupting. They needed to understand that changing forms was a positive experience, something that brought rewards, rather than something scary or difficult.

They heard a soft knock at the door, and Mark went to open it. Heron stood on the other side, and despite her determination to get comfortable being a mother, Dee felt a rush of relief to see her there.

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