Kimmy “Her name is Paris; I got her on my eighteenth birthday.” “So the wolf is like a person? Did it understand when I was talking to it?” “She. And yes, Paris understood you perfectly. And she can hear and understand you now. Think of it as having two different beings sharing the same body. It doesn’t matter what form we’re in; we both can see and react to whatever is happening,” I explained. “Does it hurt?” “Shifting? It does, but you get used to it after a few months, then it’s not so bad.” “Shifting. That’s a cool way to describe it, I guess. And Xander can do that too?” “He can. His wolf is named Alastair, he’s almost identical to Paris, just a whole hell of a lot bigger. He is the alpha, after all. Matt is another alpha wolf, but he’s our Gamma.”