Chapter 534 By Myself (2)

• I stripped the tunic in the pale light. Letting the rising moon cast its all-seeing eye on me even as it rose. I soaked it all in. It was even more comforting than the sunlight had been. I shook out my hair. Savoring the feel of the brisk breeze over my skin and hair. I dropped to all fours and enjoyed the feel of the change stealing over my body. Changing all of my makeup and turning me into an entirely different animal. Even the brief pain of bones snapping and skin tearing was refreshing after being restrained for so long.
• I couldn’t change for a time before the Mating Moon, because of all our heightened pheromones. Mine would’ve run high and the males would’ve been overly sensitized to them. So, this was like breaking free from a cage.
• I could imagine that Jojo would be telling the alpha that my failure to return was Fury’s fault but I doubted that his minions were strong enough to lie to the alpha.