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"Iʼuided me over to the blanket, and then helped

"So, Iʼ the candles

"Oh, you know, frisbees, tennis balls, rawhides Iʼm really excited Iʼve never had a puppy before"

The look of horror on Alexʼs face was priceless

"A sweater, sohts, andfor to Not all of us--" Alexʼs body convulsed violently causing a small shriek to escapehi yet I read in Dr Se was possible, but it was both difficult and painful If a Shifter waited too long to begin the process on his own, he would begin the Change involuntarily, which never went ser Iʼm fine Really"

He looked the exact opposite of fine I could seebeneath his skin "This is insane Youʼre hurting yourself for no good reason Please, go change Iʼll be right here when you get back"

I donʼt know if it was ed his mind He stopped to kiss me one last time on his way back into the woods "I donʼt want you to be scared of me" How could I ever be scared of him? "I wonʼt be Proo ht and then went over to the edge of the cliff The setting sun cast long shadon below, causing the gnarled old oak tree on the opposite shore to look like a Halloween decoration

The oak tree that looked strangely fa see it froht I crouched down and looked sharply over the edge Much as I suspected, the hill did not drop straight down into the water A cliff actually jutted out over a little strip of rocky beach, littered with driftwood and fallen limbs It was a strip of beach I knew very well I had stood on it

I sat down and surveyed the opposite shore,up details from my dreams as there as the suns rays faded out There was no doubt This was definitely the spot I had been dreao I would have chalked it all up to coincidence and gone on without another thought In ical, Shifter-and-Seer-free world, dreas But now?

What did I believe now? I sat for a long tiht

Alex was perfectly silent when he came up beside me It was only the smell of Colonel Sanderʼs secret recipe that alerted me to his presence His wolf form was even more majestic than I remembered Every inch of hi thelow silver