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Right now itʼs kind of sucky, but its for the best in the end"

"Do you think I ht choice?" My voice was pathetically weak and whiny

I was grateful that Talley took the ti out a confirreat, and heʼll always be a big part of your life, but heʼs not Alex I donʼt think Charlie is the wrong choice, but that Alex is ht Does that hts, word for word I would have thought she had pulled it out ofh this You care way toolike this screw up a lifeti out on irl could ever have What would I ever do without you?"

"Well, you wouldnʼt be doing this," she said, turning off the highway onto a one lane back road, "which "

After less than half aTalleyʼs little car around and planting a seed of doubt in my stomach that had to be rooted out before we reached our destination

"I have to do this"

"No, you donʼt You shouldnʼt It is the text book definition of a bad idea There is probably an entire Wikipedia entry on it under the heading of ʻBad Ideasʼ"

"Why? Why is it a bad idea? Ito happen?" Talley shot one insane? "You do understand that he is going to turn into a wolf, right?"

"Really? A wolf? I thought Alex was a were-fluffy-little-bunny" Talleyʼs expression indicated that she did not shareto turn into a wolf," I sighed, "but heʼs still going to be Alex"

"Part of him will be Alex The other part will be a wolf A wild, predatory aniic"

"One, wolves rarely attack hu as there is a tiny part of Alex in there, he isnʼt going to hurt me and you know it"

Talleyʼs car slowed to a snailʼs pace as she negotiated a spot of the road that had washed away ages ago "What about my vision?"

"You donʼt have visions You canʼt See the future"

"I know, but--"

"And even if you could, itʼs Liam ould have to worry about, and he can Shift anytiht of a fullAlex in wolf forure out how to defend myself in the event that your non-vision vision tries to co about this, Scout Please, letthe place where the road dead-ended into the forest Knowing that I was going to see Alex in a matter of moments steeled my nerves

"No, I want to do this," I said confidently "Plus, you donʼt have ti to make it to Tobyʼs house before sundown as it is"