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Bryce, he’s a jackal, canis aurueus, part of your family as well. He’s new to the position, impulsive but nice. And the beautiful, white-furred animal over there is Hannah, an albino dingo, canis lupus dingo. She is rarest of us all and your distant relative. You are all canidae and family,” she stated.
    She pulled her hand away. “Go play with your family,” she said sweetly.
    Play? Maybe I had no idea what running or playing with my family was, but I was pretty sure I didn’t want any part of it. Looking at the animals that stood around me didn’t put me in the mindset of playing at all, unless running for your life was some version of a game.
    Ethan stood in front of me speaking while I busied myself averting my eyes from his nudity. Trying not to make a spectacle of myself, I forced eye contact with him. In his clothes, he looked fit, but naked, he was sculpted like a statue. Lean, defined ripples of muscles ran along his body. I was a wolf too but even when I worked out regularly, I could only be described as toned. There weren’t ripples of muscles anywhere on my body. Ethan’s physique was the result of wolf genes and hard gym work. He stood in front of me, confidently, lacking any signs of discomfort or reticence with his nudity, which was fine. I was uncomfortable enough for both of us.
    “Change,” he insisted.
    I closed my eyes and concentrated, but I couldn’t.
    “It’ll be easier if your clothes didn’t restrict you. It usually hurts when you have to tear through them,” he informed me.
    I didn’t care how natural or normal this was for them; standing in the backyard stark naked with people who were virtually strangers wasn’t going to happen. Not tonight or ever. I chewed my bottom lip nervously.
    “You can go to the side of the house to change,” he suggested, obviously annoyed by my modesty.
    I quickly scurried to the other side of the house and undressed. Crouching at the side of the house, naked, I tried to force change. My face felt warm and yet my body shivered from the coolness of the night. I never intentionally changed and had no idea how to do it.
    “Problem?” Ethan asked as he came around the corner.
    Reflexively, my hands wrapped around my chest to cover my nudity; trembling, I nodded. When he took several steps toward me, I shied away. Rolling his eyes, he made an irritated grunting sound before he changed into his animal form. Just like that, he changed in the most effortless manner imaginable.
    How did he do that?
    The massive dark gray wolf trotted slowly toward me and nuzzled against my face. Without thinking, my fingers gently stroked his soft fur as he lowered his head, resting it on my shoulder. I changed. It wasn’t painful like in the past. In fact, it was almost soothing as my body elongated and light gray fur began to take over my body. I stood on all fours for the first time after a deliberate change, and I had to admit—it wasn’t horrible.
    Ethan howled and an ostinato of howls responded from a distance helping him find their location. The wolf song resonated through the air, and I felt compelled to join in. Ethan ran toward the sounds and I followed. For each step he made, I had to take two. Did I mention how massive his wolf was? When he had joined the rest of the pack, he stopped abruptly and howled again, making the most delightful harmonious sound.
    The others joined in while I remained silent. As we ran through the woods, we stopped intermittently to playfully bite at and jump on each other. Steven pushed me to the ground and licked my face. His wet tongue slathered over it. It was absolutely disgusting, and I wasn’t sure how to communicate that while in wolf form. When he did it again, I nudged him with my nose. He sneered, playfully growled and tried to do it again. This time, I moved my face and growled, baring all my teeth. He finally got the message, pulling back his teeth in a grin before running ahead. When they hunted a deer, I dropped back,