You could hear the humor in his voice now. “It doesn’t quite work like that, thankfully.”
“So, why did you choose this island?”
“Hmm? What do you mean?”
I shrugged. “I don’t know, I guess whenever I read about wolves—regular wolves, not the shifting kind—they’re always someplace kind of cold. You know, Alaska or the Great Plains in the United States, the mountains in Europe. This kind of weather seems miserable when you have a big fur coat.”
“It is warm when I’m in that form, yes,” he agreed, nodding slowly. “But I spend most of my time like this, and I like the sun. I find the sound of the ocean to be relaxing. More importantly, it is far easier to purchase a private island than anything else. And the ocean acts as a natural barrier.” He snorted. “Inevitably, some hunter would stumble
