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like.”
    Sarah’s mouth twitched in derision. “Get the hell out of here. I’m not a werewolf... I can’t be.” Or could she? The need to strip and run through the forest when the moon was full had grown much stronger as she’d gotten older. Then she thought about the blackouts, her near-superhuman senses and abilities, and her love for meat so rare that it bled. Well, maybe that last was just as human a trait as any, but still it gave Sarah something to ponder. Then there was her rapid hair growth. She’d read the average rate for human hair to grow was about a half inch to five eighths of an inch per month.
    Separately, these things could probably be easily explained, but together... Sarah had no choice but to reevaluate her thinking. “No,” she denied, even though the evidence seemed to be staring her in the face.
    “I think you already know we’re not lying, Sarah.” Aries said.
    She stood again and paced the floor in nervous circles. “Okay. I’ve known for a while that I’m not like other people, but a werewolf? That’s... this is a lot to take in.”
    Aries frowned. “How is that you didn’t know? What happened to your pack?”
    “I’ve already told you, I have no clue what you’re talking about.”
    “A half-breed lone wolf,” Constantine muttered, as though considering something.
    “Sarah, when did you realize you were... different?”
    “Why?” she asked cautiously, stopping in mid pace.
    A slight smile tilted those sensual lips. “Humor us.”
    She sighed. “I think I was about thirteen.”
    Aries nodded. “That would make sense. That’s around the time when half-breeds
    usually first shift.”

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    “Okay, hold on. You two are confusing the hell out of me. How about speaking in
    laymen’s terms? First, you tell me I’m some kind of werewolf. Now, I’m a half-breed? You know how insulting that term is?”
    Constantine gestured to the chair behind her. “Have a seat. It seems you have a lot to learn.”
    “I think I’d rather stand,” she said a little more breathlessly than she meant to. Why did he have to look at her with such obvious lust? Remembering the kiss they’d shared sent shivers down her spine.
    “Suit yourself.” He gave her a knowing smile before shrugging one broad shoulder.
    “Where would you like us to begin?”
    “I guess you can start off by telling me exactly what I am. Make it clear.”
    “Your formal classification is Canis lupis sapiens, not an immortal, but much more
    evolved than humans. You’ll live for a very long time by human standards -- probably a little over two hundred years -- but eventually you will die. On the other hand, my cousin and I will not, at least not by natural causes.” He paused. “One of your parents was a Canis lupis immortus, like Aries and me. Which one was it?”
    Sarah frowned, trying hard to come to terms with what they were telling her, but it
    was all a bit difficult to digest. “My parents were killed when I was young, by...”
    “By what?” Aries prompted, when her voice trailed off.
    Sarah wrapped her arms around her trembling body as she tried to recall the blurred
    memories, the ones she’d suppressed for so long. “Wolves,” she whispered.
    The men looked at each other, and a brief silence descended over the room.
    “Do you remember what happened exactly?” Constantine inquired.
    “Everything is sketchy. I remember three people coming to our house when I was
    about five years old. Two men and a woman. My mother told me to go to my room. I didn’t want to leave her, something told me to stay, but she wouldn’t let me. My father didn’t look too happy, either. I don’t remember much after that, except I snuck back and saw my father’s body ripped to shreds... My parents’ mingled screams still haunt me. The wolves--” Sarah shook her head trying to ward off the painful images.
    “Is that it?” Aries asked gently.
    Sarah nodded. “It’s all I can remember