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large picture window that overlooked his front yard. Right before he reached the window he heard them bark and give chase, but it was too late. With all of his eight hundred pounds he slammed into the window, shattering the glass as he exploded into the air above the front yard. The newly-arrived wolves had entered the house, leaving the front yard empty except for one lone sentry.
           Aster shifted in mid-air, becoming a hulking, naked human who was now plummeting to the ground on top of the sentry who could only look up and scream in horror.
           The man's legs shattered as Aster landed on top of him, slamming him to the ground. He screamed out in pain and tried to reach for a weapon, but Aster ended his visit to the world of consciousness with a well-placed hammer fist to the jaw. He grabbed the man's bike keys from his belt loop and hopped onto the bike that he had been standing by, hoping it was the right one.
           The other bikers appeared in the doorway, shouting and reaching for weapons as they ran onto his porch. The bike roared to life as Aster started it, bringing another smile to his face. With his middle finger extended he slammed the vehicle into gear and screeched out of the driveway, leaving his enemies in the dust.
          
 

Chapter 3
     
    "Where are we?" Leena asked.
           "We're just outside town," Aster said, leading the girl he had always had a crush on down the path on the hill.
           "My dad is going to be so angry, Aster," she said. "He doesn't want us wandering this far."
           "It's cool," Aster said. "He's busy with Rowan at the wrestling tournament today."
           It had been six years since Aster had met Leena and a lot had happened in their lives. When he was ten Aster's mom had finally succumbed to her depression and passed away. The doctors just couldn't figure out what was wrong, but Aster knew exactly what it was: a broken heart. He vowed to never let the old ways take a loved one from someone again.
           Luke had begun preparing both Aster and Rowan to become alpha in his stead over the last several years. Ever since Aster's mother had passed away he had lived in the Phoenix residence with Luke's two children.
           It had taken several years but eventually Leena had warmed up to Aster and eventually she had begun hanging around with him a lot more. They had never shared more than a held hand or a brief moment of eye contact followed by embarrassed giggles, but even Luke could not deny the chemistry between his only daughter and the confused, packless boy he had brought in off the street. To this day he hadn't opened his mouth in protest, making Aster wonder if it was ever going to come.
           But right now, in this moment, he was doing the only thing he wanted to do: be alone with Leena. Together they had shifted and run outside of town to a spot right beside the river. Aster had found it while wandering a few weeks back and wanted to show it to Leena more than anything. They had packed a change of clothes and put them around Aster's neck after he shifted.
           When they arrived Leena harshly told him to look away and not turn around until she said it was okay. He'd been very careful around Leena all these years; she knew he had feelings for her but he'd kept it as secret as possible so as not to upset the balance of the household. Leena had been very careful never to tease him, but the attraction was undeniable.
           "Here we are," Aster said, letting go of her hand and showing her the lake in front of them.
           "This is it?" Leena asked, shielding her eyes from the sun reflecting off the crystal water.
           "What do you mean, this is it?" Aster asked. "Isn't it beautiful?"
           "I guess," she said, sitting down on a log that someone had cut to be shaped like a small bench. "I thought you were going to show me something out there, like a dead