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announce he’s a senator or something? That would be more believable.
     
    “Werewolves don’t exist.”
     
    Larissa’s words came back to her in full force and Kade’s outrageous statement began to sink in.
     
    Just remember to keep an open mind. He really is quite sweet and won’t bite. Well, only occasionally. And only if you want him to.
     
    Wait. Did Larissa know what Kade was? Why didn’t she tell her? Pain and hurt exploded through her. Why would her best friend do this?
     
    “You bit me?” Horror skirted up her arms, her neck. What did he do when she was sleeping?
     
    “What?” Alarm and confusion blatant on his features. “No, of course I didn’t. I would never do that without your permission.”
     
    “So you would bite me? Oh my God.” Her chest heaved. He was delusional and she was alone in a room with him.
     
    “Mel, baby, listen to me. I would never –“
     
    “Werewolves aren’t real.” Yes. Keep saying that. Let him know his delusions were not going to scare her away – too much. She would get him help and then leave his fine ass and be safe. Good plan.
     
    “Then explain the claw marks, Mel. Yes, I am a werewolf. But I wouldn’t hurt you. I won’t ever hurt you. Werewolves do exist and we have for a long time. But I’m just like you, Mel. I breath, I eat, I love. I just happen to turn into a wolf every once and awhile.” He gave her a small smile that comforted her slightly but she was still hesitant. She couldn’t give into his dementia, could she?
     
    Something for the previous night suddenly came back to her.
     
    “Your eyes. I thought it was just a trick of light, but last night, they glowed didn’t they?”
     
    Kade let out the breath he held. “I hoped you didn’t catch that. Sometimes they glow when I am aroused or letting the wolf take over. I didn’t want to scare you away last night.”
     
    “I still don’t know if I believe you. Can you show me? Or do you have to wait for a full moon or something?” If all else failed, she was a chemist. A scientist. She needed analytical data. Proof. Melanie didn’t know if she wanted him to be able to turn into a wolf right in front of her or for him to say he couldn’t and it was just an elaborate hoax.
     
    She pinched herself and it hurt. Nope. Not a dream. Dammit.
     
    “No we don’t need the moon to change. We do feel its pull more the fuller it is but I can change anytime. Are you sure you want me to change? I don’t want to scare you.”
     
    “Too late, Kade.” She said wryly. “But I don’t want to believe you. Prove it.”
     
    “Okay.”
     
    Sure, Kade, like anything would come of this.
     
    Standing right before her, his bones contracted and changed, fur sprouting from beneath his skin. He crouched lower and soon there was a slighter larger form of a real wolf with dark brown fur with a strip of white down his nose.
     
    “Shit!” She stumbled back and her legs ran into the couch behind her breaking her fall.
     
    “Oh my God. You are a werewolf. But how? Why? What?” She could barely put rational thoughts together. The science behind such a transformation boggled her mind. How did this happen? What else was out there? This idea completely went against everything logical thing she had ever known and learned.
     
    “Kade? Can you hear me? Do you understand me?”
     
    The wolf - Kade – hesitantly approached her while bobbing his head up and down, like a nod.
     
    “Can I touch you?” She raised her arm to put out her hand and Kade came up and let her fingers run in his fur. It was course but with a soft undercoat. She rubbed his head for a few minutes and then sat back against the couch.
     
    Kade went back to the edge of the bed and changed back to human form.
     
    His skin took a slightly sweaty sheen, as if he had been running but other than that he looked the same.
     
    “Does it hurt?”
     
    “Only slightly, but I was born this way so I am used to it. Those who are changed say it