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won’t like that, but that’s
your best option.”
    “You’re
right, I don’t like it,” she mumbled. “But I also
don’t have a choice. I can’t get myself out of this.”
    He
smiled at her for the first time. His face lit up with it, and the
smile crinkled his eyes in that way that makes a man look sexy. She
stared at him, mesmerized by the beauty of his smile and the kindness
in his eyes. Some of her doubt and fear melted away. She returned his
smile with her own.
    “Thank
you, Alex.”
    “You’re
welcome, Alice.” He moved away from her and warned, “Ok,
I’m going to transform. I’m big enough for you to ride me
like a horse.”
    She
snorted again at his unintentional innuendo. He looked at her, then
threw his head back and guffawed, his laughter echoing and scattering
the birds from the nearby trees. The tension eased with their
laughter.
    “Anyway,
Alice.” He pronounced each syllable separately. “As I was
saying, ride me . . . um, I mean, straddle my . . . wow, that’s
not good either.”
    Alice
laughed loudly at his discomfort, waving her hands at him. “Stop,
stop, I get it! I’ll climb on your back to get to the camp.”
    “Well,
at least you figured out a way to say it nicely,” he grumbled
good-naturedly. She grinned at him. “Ok, I’m transforming
now.”
    “Wait!
Will you please help me to my feet first? I may not be able to do
it.” She grimaced as she prepared to stand. He took her hand
and hauled her to her feet, steadying her with his arm.
    “You
good?” he asked solicitously.
    “Yes,
thank you.”
    “Ok,
now I’m transforming,” he told her and stepped back.
Moments later, she was staring at him, the beautiful gray and black
of his fur tempting to touch.
    “Wow,”
she mumbled. She put her hand on his back and caressed the soft fur.
He shifted towards her hand like a puppy, and she giggled. “You’re
beautiful.”
    He
swung his big wolf head around to her and grinned a wolfy grin, then
nudged her to climb on to his back. Briefly, she hesitated, then
jumped on, gripping his fur for dear life as he plunged into the
forest.

Chapter
2
    Alice
could feel the muscles of the werewolf bunching and releasing beneath
her body. Alex’s silky fur tickled her legs, but it was so
soft, she pet him as he ran. Do werewolves
purr, because I swear he just did, she
thought. She
wriggled a little in discomfort; riding bareback on a werewolf wasn’t
exactly the most comfortable mode of transportation, and her leg
throbbed like a fire burned within it with every bounce. Alice felt
the werewolf slow his pace as if he sensed her discomfort, and she
was grateful for his thoughtfulness.
    Alice
had grown up believing horrible things about the werewolf pack that
shared this area with her clan, but Alex’s behavior was nothing
if not kind and helpful. The elders had raised her and the other
werebear cubs on horror stories of the pack attacking a solitary
werebear or trapping one and selling it to poachers or torturing it
for fun. But Alex had shown compassion and bravery, had saved her
from the poachers when he could have walked away. He was carrying her
who knows how far to his pack to take care of her wound. She had seen
the kindness, the honesty in his eyes. He wouldn’t hurt her. But what about the others? she thought uncomfortably.
    Just
because Alex was being nice to her didn’t mean that his pack
would be. What if he couldn’t stop them from killing her, or
worse? Why had she been so stupid? She’d climbed on his back
because he was good looking and nice to her. Dammit.
I have to look for an escape route just to be safe ,
she told herself.
    This
part of the forest was nothing like the more mountainous terrain
where she and her clan lived. She’d allowed Alex to believe
she’d driven to the forest two miles from where he’d
found her, nodding her head eastward to indicate a direction. Truth
be told, her clan lived about four miles due north and up the
mountain. But no one knew that.