| Author: | Cassandra Court | ISBN: | 9781476028538 |
| Publisher: | Cassandra Court | Publication: | April 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords | Language: | English |
| Author: | Cassandra Court |
| ISBN: | 9781476028538 |
| Publisher: | Cassandra Court |
| Publication: | April 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords |
| Language: | English |
"My pack desires to know your kind. We do not seek conflict. But we are frightening to you. Are we not?"
Julia looked away, oddly embarrassed. "A little bit..."
"We want a liaison," Bright said. "Will you go between for us?"
The tension went out of Julia's shoulders, and she smiled in relief. "Oh, of course! I'd be glad to."
"But you cannot as you are. Will you join us?"
Alarm bells were starting to sound in the back of Julia's mind. "Well... what would that entail?"
"Become one of us. Part of our pack. Then you will understand both our ways and yours. Then you will be our liaison."
Julia considered the offer, biting her lip. It was possible that they just meant an initiation of some sort, of course. Stay with them for a while and learn, maybe undergo a hazing. Like joining a sorority back in college. But that didn't seem the most likely option, somehow - not when she was talking to a pack of werewolves. Maybe Hippolytan lycanthropy wasn't transmissible, though? She didn't know.
"How long will it take? I promised I'd be back tomorrow..."
"It will be done this night," Bright said. There was something about the way she spoke - the abrupt, authoritative tone, her way of saying how things would be, rather than asking - that was strangely enticing.
And, well, that confirmed it. One night wouldn't cover a crash course in Hippolytan wolf culture, Julia was pretty sure. Which meant they wanted her to become a werewolf.
"My pack desires to know your kind. We do not seek conflict. But we are frightening to you. Are we not?"
Julia looked away, oddly embarrassed. "A little bit..."
"We want a liaison," Bright said. "Will you go between for us?"
The tension went out of Julia's shoulders, and she smiled in relief. "Oh, of course! I'd be glad to."
"But you cannot as you are. Will you join us?"
Alarm bells were starting to sound in the back of Julia's mind. "Well... what would that entail?"
"Become one of us. Part of our pack. Then you will understand both our ways and yours. Then you will be our liaison."
Julia considered the offer, biting her lip. It was possible that they just meant an initiation of some sort, of course. Stay with them for a while and learn, maybe undergo a hazing. Like joining a sorority back in college. But that didn't seem the most likely option, somehow - not when she was talking to a pack of werewolves. Maybe Hippolytan lycanthropy wasn't transmissible, though? She didn't know.
"How long will it take? I promised I'd be back tomorrow..."
"It will be done this night," Bright said. There was something about the way she spoke - the abrupt, authoritative tone, her way of saying how things would be, rather than asking - that was strangely enticing.
And, well, that confirmed it. One night wouldn't cover a crash course in Hippolytan wolf culture, Julia was pretty sure. Which meant they wanted her to become a werewolf.
