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Then with a heavy, fearful heart, Carlos led Caitlyn outside to the gazebo He glanced back at the Ro nervously while her husband and Connor stood nearby

As thebecaht after they entered the gazebo

She curled up on the mattress, her eyes squeezed shut When the pain subsided, Carlos encouraged her to undress She was shaking, so he wrapped her in blankets and held her tight

Another pain hit, and she cried out Soon she was rocking back and forth, whi

"Do you want the painkiller?" he asked

She shook her head "I’ up"

Tears blurred his vision "You’re the bravest woman I’ve ever met"

She cried out and collapsed on the mattress She rolled onto all fours and treertips Her arms started to shimmer, then turned black Her hands shifted into paws

"You’re doing it, Caitlyn"

She screas Then her back arched,Her whirowl

"My head," she whispered "It’s going to explode"

He held her tight Her body was now sleek and black

She screaain Her head shifted, and her screa

"You did it" He held her head in his hands and gazed at her lovely turquoise cat eyes "Catalina, my beautiful cat, you did it"

She licked his hand, and her tongue was raspy

Carlos stripped and shifted She was still lying on the ed her with his head Coo play

She lifted her head You can talk to ained when I reached level three Level one were-panthers can’t do it, usually, but you caed her with his head again Come on, run with azebo She glanced toward the cafeteria Shanna was inside, and when she spotted tere-panthers, she ju the air She and Ro

Carlos chuckled, then trotted toward the woods Your senses will be sharper You’ll be able to see in the dark

I feel strong, she told hirounds at Romatech She learned to leap and sharpen her claws She even tried pouncing on Carlos a few tiazebo