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house. I felt my feet in cleats, tearing into the turf
during football with my high school team before I dropped out to
hang out with my friends instead. I felt my sister Colleen’s hair
under my fingers when I hugged her and told her that she was better
off without a boyfriend who cheated on her.
    A tear rolled down my cheek when the phase
was complete and I curled in a fetal position on the warm sand in
my human form. As much as my leg ached, my heart hurt worse. I
wiped the tear away and rose, realizing that yet again I needed to
find clothes. This was going to get old.
    “ You decided not to stay in
that form?” Grace pushed open the creaky driver’s door of the
truck. The old brown coat she had found was ragged and torn, but
with the buttons done up it protected her for the most part. I
tried for once in my life to be a gentleman and pretended not to
notice anything that wasn’t covered.
    “ The beast inside me now
matches the one without, so I guess I was getting comfortable.” I
grimaced and pulled a spiky burr from my arm.
    “ You’re not a beast,
Kaynan.” She paused. “How did you do that, anyway?”
    “ Do what?” I asked,
distracted by our location which looked to be as close to the
middle of nowhere as we were before.
    “ Show me what you were
seeing. That was amazing.” She gave me a tentative smile. “Does it
work when you’re in human form, too?”
    “ I’m not sure.” I took her
hand and tried to pass her the image of the scraggly tree directly
in front of us, but I couldn’t find the link we had before. I
finally gave up. “Guess it only works when I’m a wolf.”
    She sighed. “Well, it was wonderful
anyway.”
    I glanced at her. “Other werewolves can’t do
that?”
    She shook her head. “None that I’ve ever
met. It must be something from the lab, a chromosomal alteration or
something.”
    “ Great, I’m a freak even in
the werewolf world.”
    “ You’re not a freak; you’re
a good person,” she said sincerely.
    I rolled my eyes and studied our location.
The town was still a half mile off, which was a long distance to be
traveling naked at night. “Any more coats in that truck?” I asked
hopefully.
    “ No, but there might be
something behind the seat. I was afraid a raccoon or something
would jump out if I searched there.”
    I fought back a smile when her voice
tightened at the thought. I walked to the truck and she got out the
other side, her hand on the cool metal. I peered behind the seat,
but found only an old gallon jug of water and a flashlight with
dead batteries.
    I climbed back out. “Two mostly naked people
are going to be quite suspicious.”
    She gave me a half-smile. “Did you find some
clothes then?”
    I shook my head. “Nothing. Not even a
hat.”
    Her lips pursed. “Hmm. That would've been
useful.”
    “ As it is, I’ll have to go
back and find the rabbit.”
    She laughed. “I don’t think he’d appreciate
being used that way.”
    “ Isn't that how the
Scottish do it?” I pressed.
    A soft blush stole across her cheeks and she
rewarded me with another laugh. “I’m pretty sure the animals are
dead, and you’d have to wear a kilt.”
    “ Well, I’m out then.
Hopefully the people here have an open mind.”
    She smiled again. “I doubt anyone’s that
open. Maybe you could be my seeing eye dog.”
    I snorted. “People would run in terror. I’m
not exactly a mild looking creature.”
    “ What do you
mean?”
    “ I have red eyes and dark
red fur. I’d probably scare myself if I found a mirror.”
    If that worried her, her expression didn’t
show it. “You could borrow my coat and I could hide here until you
get back.” She said it bravely, but my keen ears caught the tremor
in her voice at being left alone again.
    I shook my head. “Separating isn’t an
option. We’ll figure something out, even if I have to ransack
another house.”
    Luckily, that wasn’t necessary. We happened
across a backyard with laundry drying in the night