Lonna and Selene allowed me to have the bed, so I didn"t have to sleep in the garden and risk our friend coming upon me unawares. They agreed to keep an eye out for him, and I heard them change in the main room. I listened in case the time bubble interfered like it had previously, and I had to change them back. Selene went first, and when she answered Lonna’s questions about who, what, and where she was, Lonna changed. Both moved quietly, and I allowed myself to exhale a relieved sigh that when they controlled their transformation, they kept their human brains as online as a lycanthrope could. As for what they’d do to our intruder, I suspected they"d corner him and bring him down if he dared to appear. What sort of experience did he have with werewolves? If he belonged to the Order of the

