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can tell I’ve alarmed you.  That wasn’t my intent.  I’ve come to see if it was true.  I’ve come to see if Cassie is indeed a shifter.  That would be...unprecedented to say the least,” Violet said carefully.  I decided to indulge this woman.  I leaned forward and by the time my hands hit the ground, I was the black wolf with the white patch of fur.  I bared my teeth and growled, the fur on my back bristling making me look even bigger than my fluffy fur already made me appear.  “Impressive, child,” was all Violet said as she put her hand to her mouth.  She was genuinely surprised and impressed.
    “God, that is so awesome,” Edie whispered behind me.  I turned to regard her but I didn’t miss the black girl, Agnes, staring at her as well.
    “That one can’t shift, can she?” Violet asked.
    “No, she’s my friend,” I said as I stood, again in my human form.  Edie stared at Agnes and the look they shared was almost palpable.
    “You are an anomaly, Cassie,” Violet told me.
    “So are you, if the stories are to be believed,” Yeager replied.  He had told me that as far as he knew there hadn’t been a female shifter in over a hundred years until I showed up.
    “Am I?” was the woman’s reply.
    “It is said there are no female shifters,” Yeager explained but I was sure Violet already knew of what he spoke.
    “That’s not quite true.  There are some but Cassie is...different,” she said.  Different?  That made me curious.  Curious enough to let my guard down a bit.
    “Can we have a moment, maybe put on some clothes,” I asked Violet.
    “Of course, child,” she said gracefully.  Violet was a refined woman, of wealth I was sure.  She held back her true feelings and emotions, showing us only what she wanted us to see.
    “Let’s get dressed, Yeager,” I told my mate.  I really wanted to speak to him alone, get a feel for what he was thinking.  “Edie, do you mind keeping our guests company?” I asked as much as told Edie.
    “Uh...sure, why not,” she replied.  I grabbed the blanket and then Yeager and I went into the old motorhome, closing the door behind us.
    “So?” I asked as I went about finding something to wear.
    “I don’t trust her,” Yeager said.
    “I don’t either.  So what should we do?” I asked in a hushed tone.
    “Well, if they meant us any real harm they wouldn’t have driven up and introduced themselves,” Yeager observed.  He had a point.  I still felt like they wanted more than to see if what they had been told was true or not.  The fact they knew about me at all is what concerned me.
    “I’d feel better if she wasn’t involved with my half-brother,” I told Yeager.  Dolan claimed his father, the man Yeager had caught raping a woman years past and who was killed by Sheriff Jones, was also my father.  My mom was dead so I couldn’t ask her but I knew it was true.  I sensed it.  Dolan now was dead too but the questions remained.
    “You’re thinking she can tell you about your mom and Dolan’s father?” Yeager stated as much as asked.
    “My father, Yeager,” I corrected.
    “I’m skeptical,” he replied.
    “I’m not. I know Dolan was being truthful.  I could sense it,” I told Yeager.
    “Well, let’s get dressed and invite her in.  I have to admit, I’m a bit curious about meeting a female shifter.  The young girl too.  I know our history is a bit sketchy, all hearsay and rumors, but it’s hard to miss something like a female shifter, much less two of them,” he said.  I had to agree with Yeager.  I was curious about that along with the reason Lady Violet believed I was special.
    “Can’t hurt to talk, right?” I replied.
    “I guess we’ll find out,” Yeager said a bit ominously.  I felt it too.  Lady Violet was more than she appeared.  Her purpose was unclear but she had a purpose and it wasn’t just to verify my existence.  Whatever it was, I felt like things were about to