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the bastard was laughing at me, but he straightened up to say, “You’ve got this, Britches. Time’s almost up.”
    I put my muzzle on my paws, closed my eyes, and tried to ignore the rabbit snuggling against me.
    When Dozer finally told me time was up, I didn’t want to eat the bunny anymore. I mean, I did, just not this one. I looked from the other enclosure, to the bunny, to Dozer, and he asked, “You want a different rabbit?”
    It took me a half-dozen breaths to remember there was a way to answer him, and I pushed my nose up and back down.
    He shook his head, but he got another rabbit, exchanged it for the one I’d kept from eating, and took mine back to the hutch.
    The rabbit he brought me was indeed one of the sweetest, most savory things I’d ever eaten. He took the enclosure off me as I was eating, and stood over me, but I knew better than to growl to make him back off.
    He’d already proven his dominance in a myriad of ways — he didn’t need to do it again.
    I stayed wolf a good hour before changing back to human in time for a huge dinner, and the first words out of my mouth were, “The bunny’s going home with me. She isn’t afraid of werewolves so she gets to be my new pet.”
    Dozer shook his head, kissed my forehead, and pointed me towards the kitchen.

Chapter 5
    B riana

    “ T hey’d formed a seven-person Pack. Both boys had bitten two of their friends. Mickey — the father — had enough control to bend them all to his will.” Dozer shook his head. “That isn’t to say his sons wouldn’t have made the same decisions on their own eventually. Reality’s gonna suck for them though, because now that they’ve raped...”
    He trailed off and I asked, “Randall’s going to give them the ‘join or die’ talk?”
    “He didn’t say, but Duke figured the same thing, and the two of you know him better than the rest of us.”
    I looked at Evie. “Randall’s both fair and practical. If it’s a question of him killing one person to save three, he’s probably going to kill the one. However, if the situation warrants it, he’ll try his best to find a way around it.”
    Evie took a breath. “I’d like to try the rabbit test after my dinner’s had a chance to digest.”
    I opened my mouth to encourage her to wait a few days, but she said, “You were right. I haven’t been trying. I felt sorry for myself and I didn’t want to be a werewolf. It sounds stupid, but I’ve finally realized I can’t pitch a big enough pity party to make God change me back to human. I’m a stupid werewolf and I’m going to have to figure out how to live with it.”
    I wanted to make the decision, but I looked to Dozer to be sure I could. He nodded, and I told Evie, “Not with my bunny, and if you fail it won’t be the end of the world. We’ll think of it as a practice test, just to see how far you’ve come, okay? I’ll be in my wolf form not too far away, while Dozer stays human and talks you through it.”
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    E vie was fighting the wolf’s instincts, but at three minutes in I wasn’t sure she was going to manage the whole thirty minutes.
    Dozer called her name, I growled and snarled at her, but she had it between her paws and the chickenwire, trapped and terrified while she fought with herself over whether to bite or not.
    Her mother’s voice rang across the backyard as she demanded, “Evelyn Vanessa Matherson, let that bunny go and leave it be this instant .”
    I hadn’t thought Maggie had it in her, but with the realization her daughter would be face-to-face with the Alpha tomorrow, I guess it was the equivalent of the mom who lifts the car off their child to save them.
    Evie let the rabbit go instantly, and Dozer crooned, “Good girl. You’re going to be okay. You can do this, Evie.”
    When her thirty minutes were up, Evie had no problem making a snack of the bunny she’d been locked in with for half an hour, and I went inside to shower and shave while Dozer and Maggie watched over Evie