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“I suppose it is” When they underwent the change, their natural wolf form died and they were resurrected into human form with the mind of both wolf and e

“So he cast some spell, then zippity ippity, he turned himself into a wolf?”

“He used a potion A toxic mixture of mushrooms, herbs, snake and spider venom, and his own blood”

Rachel furrowed her brow “Makes sense Shaenic uides But not literally”

Her reality was based on science He couldn’t bla to find a scientific explanation “You saw me shift without the benefit of mushrooms”

Rachel sighed “Fine, so he became a olf and all of his children shifted as well”

“After Stallo drank the potion, he nearly died He gained great strength, grew fangs and claws, but never fully becaic, but it didn’t work This frightened his village, his wife and children He was able to control his shift, but the others of his village, fearing he was an evil sorcerer, chased him out”

“I can’t say I blame them”

“He left his family and ran far into the , he e wolf pack’s territory The wolves, enraged on seeing a man that was partially wolf, attacked him Stallo killed ic happened The wolves he bit writhed in agony as if poisoned The five that survived known as the Pentad changed into humans, but with the ability to turn back into their wolf form”

“Wait Are you saying a man’s bite turned a normal wolf into a human?”

“Yes, into a olf”

She snorted “Man bites dog Puts a neist on the old Hollyolf story”

“We are descendants of those five olves, the Pentad We are born wolf for the first three years of our life and then undergo the change, which either kills us or turns us into a twenty-one-year-old hue of our parents and often other ancestors”

“You were first a wolf?”

“Yes An alpha”