Alpha mixes, like my friend Ash, would shift at an early age. Some mixes shifted at their appropriate age for whatever species they took after. Since Blake was a bear, it was eleven instead of seventeen.
We needed to fix this quickly. Nine years without shifting was nearing the threshold for him potentially being too weak to shift. That was why he looked smaller and younger than he should.
Normally, it took the lifespan of a natural version of our animal for them to die. I suppose it would work the same for our spirits if we were stuck in an animal body. Once they died, we would revert to a human lifespan and lose all the benefits of being supernatural. No extra speed or strength. No assisted healing. No finding our mates.
“What species of wolf are you, Vivian?” I asked. “How long do
