CHAPTER FIFTY SIX - AN ULTIMATUM

Jayla

I am sitting up when something suddenly comes to my mind and I decide to act on it.

-Let's give you a name, I say to my wolf, my tone giddy with happiness.

Her ears perk up in attention and interest. -Who? Me? she asks.

-No, my new born baby, I say dryly, rolling my eyes in mock annoyance.

She pouts at my bluntness and sinks back on her fours before speaking. -I am your child, she mumbles, giving me adorable puppy eyes.

When you close your eyes and talk to your wolf, you can actually picture them in your mind. It is weird. They have the form of a wolf, but the intellect of a human and a voice quite different from yours.

-Whatever! I chip out, chuckling. -Um, what about Bree?

-Hmmm, she says, thinking about it. -I like it ... but it doesn't hit me like l want it to.-

I nod. -What about Laura? I ask.

She shakes her head and I sigh in mild exasperation. Then I start to rake my head for new and creative names. -What of Carmen, then?-

I give her a pleading, expectant look but still,