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She froze in place inside the stall Could they see her wolf legs beneath the door of the stall? She backed up against the tile wall Her heart was pu even more rapidly, if that were possible, as she barely breathed
"Closing in twoi to the students
Instinctively, Alicia knew she couldn’t be caught in a wolf’s form She’d discarded her bra, panties, and heels on the restroo her so quickly, she couldn’t do anything else but drop the Hood? Or that she was Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf all wrapped up in one?
Oh God, as she going to do? Since being turned, she’d never been in this bad a fix As her grandfather used to say, this would learn her She could never, ever be out in public again during the phase of anyto shift all last week She was et rid of this condition or learn to control it
At least she hadn’t wanted to rip out people’s throats, like the old olf tales portrayed And she had her human conscience, so she wasn’t totally a feral animal And she was a beautiful wolf, not some hideous beastly creature Not that any of it mattered while she was stuck in a restrooarain to will herself to shift
Another ht She knew It was nearly closing time She’d worked on the clock before She kne eo, and how rude customers were to expect employees to stay all hours at their convenience
"Ma’am?" a woman said, then heels clicked across the floor toward the stall
Wolves couldn’t sweat, or Alicia would have been perspiring up a storm They panted when they were overheated, but she didn’t want to even do that, afraid the woman would hear her Instead, she stood frozen like a furry wolf statue in the corner of the stall, as far away froht, her ears focused on the woht treh Alicia’s paws as she kept her eyes riveted on the door
Two choices She instinctually knew she had only two choices Bite the woman and turn her into what Alicia was Heaven forbid She wouldn’t want to wish this condition on anyone ever! But then the woman would screa or call the cops, or both Then she’d have to bite all of them, too Or kill the woman Which would be the same scenario In the end, they’d put her down like a vicious wild aniave Alicia a heart attack
"Ma’aht Please… don’t… come… in!
"Ma’am?"
When Alicia still didn’t respond, the wo for the authorities Probably worried a dead body was in the stall Would be, too, if they caught Alicia like this--and killed her
She paced soic words?
"A woht Mr Silver’s photograph She looked to be late twenties or so, not all that old, but I think she’s died or so," the woman said frantically to someone outside the restroom door
"Did you look under the stall?" a lanced at the bottom of the stall door If anyone peered underneath, they’d see her And that would be the beginning of the end Shrieks would ensue Her heart would fail
"No I… I didn’t" The woman sounded a bit shaken
The door opened, and heavier footfalls approached A man’s footfalls Oh, God, oh God, please, please help h her bones and e And not caused by the frantic panic filling her blood That she would once again be her norhed at herself over that This proved she’d never be her norain
Just as the footfalls ended abruptly at the stall door, the shift swiftly overtook her She stood naked on the tile floor, the cool air conditioning sweeping across her bare skin, and she quickly squeaked out, "Sorry, I fainted I’ht out"
It had been the only thing she could think of in her haste, re the tinant with Alicia
As quickly as Alicia could, she jerked her panties off the floor and yanked the thefor her to open up--probably in case she "fainted" once h her, but it was more of a skin-deep heat from embarrassment If he opened the door nohile she was half-naked, what in the world would he think she’d been up to?
She tugged the dress over her head and decided she didn’t look pregnant in the least, but she was extre She was sure she looked overco her bare feet into her pumps, she wrenched open the stall door and smiled a diminutive, weary smile--at least that’s how she tried to h she knew she had to look overwrought in any event