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My eyes fly open “I don’t have fur

He grins “Now you don’t have claws, either”

Sure enough, he’s right I wiggle the fingers of my very human hand They look just like nore “That was easy”

“I did say it would get easier”

“I didn’t think it would happen this fast” I take a deep breath and look at the door “They’re going to expect infors tomorrow”

“Yes But you’re not doing it alone” He presses his hand to ht We will make this place the safest spot in the realms to raise our children Anyone—anyone—who threatens us won’t live long enough to regret it”

There was a tiht say that’s too bloodthirsty, but that tiuess we best get started”

“Tomorrow, Mina”

When we leave the bathroom, clean and exhausted, it’s to find that Rylan and Wolf have gutted the house I look around ide eyes How did they possiblyroom is completely empty except for a plainin the center of it “What’s this?”

Wolf saunters through the door “Couldn’t do the whole place in the tiured you didn’t want to be surrounded with memories of the monster” He eyes the est we could find on short notice”

My lower lip quivers at the thoughtfulness of this I don’t want to be in this house, faced with the memory of my father, especially when it takes less than no effort to conjure hoarave way to my claws I shudder “Thank you”

“Anything for you, love” He flops down onto the mattress

Rylan steps into the house and shuts the door firht, but we’ll keep an eye out for it” He frowns at Wolf “Get off those clean sheets until you’ve had a shower”

“Right Whoops” Wolf rolls easily to his feet and moves past ers of one A few seconds later, the shower starts up again