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fading. The bruises on her wrists were still visible. She was a strong woman and a fighter.
    Her breath was noticeable in the chilled air. She rubbed her arms from the cold breeze, though Mika hadn’t realized it was cold out.
    “I think we need to talk about something,” Elliot said.
    She sighed and chewed her lip. A few strands of hair floated around her face. She nodded. They went back into the house. October sat at the dining room table and put her leg up on the chair next to her. Mika saw a flash of pain work across her face. It was clear her ankle was still hurting her and she wasn’t faking it. She traced the patterns in the wood and didn’t meet either of their gazes.
    “October, you know you can stay here as long as you need to,” Elliot said.
    She nodded. “I know. But that isn’t the reason you wanted to talk. I get it.”
    “Look, it’s obvious that you are attracted to the both of us,” Mika blurted out. Keeping his emotions bottled up was killing him. If he didn’t get this resolved right now, he would find it easier to head back to the bookstore and stay there while October was with them. If she chose Elliot, then he didn’t need to be there at all. I’ll erase her from my mind . Although the thought of losing her made it seem his heart was being stabbed with a dull corkscrew and dug out.
    October pulled the elastic from her braid and fiddled with the strands. Tears glistened along her eyes. “I’m not one of those women who plays with guys’ hearts. Mika, you left, and after everything Elliot told me about you, I couldn’t help but feel close to you. And Elliot’s been wonderful. It’s crazy, but I want the two of you.” She shook her head and got up from the table.
    “Then we—”
    She made her way back to her room. Mika was about to go after her, when Elliot grabbed his wrist and stopped him. His friend’s firm grip made him think for a moment instead of just reacting. “Let her be, Mika. We were going hunting tonight anyway.”
    Mika nodded. He had almost forgotten. The idea of moving his muscles and running was something he looked forward to. “Yeah.”
    “Good.”
    “I’ll be right back. I have something we need.”
    Mika ventured back into his room and pulled out October’s torn shirt from the night they had rescued her. He brought it outside and then waited for Elliot. His friend emerged naked. Nakedness wasn’t something new between them, but since things had changed in regards to their guest, part of him saw the other man as a potential threat to a would-be mate. Mika couldn’t shake it. He threw the ruined shirt to Elliot and stripped as well. He folded his clothes and set them on the chair. Mika rolled his shoulders and stretched his arms. Above them hung a sickle moon, giving them only a little light to see by. The valley below was teeming with life. He could feel it and the world around him giving him power to help facilitate the change.
    The burn of transformation fired through him. It started with the cracking of his jaw first, as it realigned to make room for longer and sharper teeth. The vertebrae in his back popped. He dropped to all fours, unable to keep balanced on two. His skin itched where fur pushed through his flesh. He ignored the yearning to scratch at it, but instead focused on his face protruding and his jaw reforming into that of a wolf’s snout. The heat continued to wrap along his nerves until it consumed all of him. A cry of pain left his lips that turned into a wolf’s howl worshipping the moon.
    He glanced over at Elliot. His friend had already slipped his skin into that of the wolf. Mika sniffed the shirt one last time, catching in his nose the tangy scent of the wolf that had kidnapped October.
    He bounded down the steps and into the woods that surrounded the house, hoping to find the trail that would lead him to the rogues terrorizing innocent women. If he could bring even one of them to justice, then hopefully he could be connected to the