I moved from my spot on the floor at the foot of the bed and shifted back to human. Through the window I could see a black, starless sky. I smelled rain on the air, wolf senses just as strong when I shifted to human form. I'd missed my runs in the woods the past few days and was in desperate need of getting away.
I'd fallen asleep behind Cassandra, our naked bodies pressed together, Dash on her other side. But he'd spent the first hour pulling all the covers his way, so I finally gave up, shifted, then laid on the floor. Sleeping as a wolf had its advantages. Fur kept me warm. I could curl into a ball. And I could go from a deep sleep to territorial in the blink of an eye. And though I'd never told Cassandra, the stamina I had as a wolf always transferred over to my stamina as a human. Un
