My father poured me a glass of red wine."It's over now. You're yourself again. It's time to go out and clear your head."If you don't want to go alone, I can send the finest wolf we have with you."I turned him down. "Dad, I want to see the Alps, the shores of Lake Baikal, and the Coral Sea. I want to go alone and experience the world's most beautiful landscapes."And that's what I did.I saw the most beautiful clouds from a plane window, felt the warmest sea breeze on a ship's deck, and climbed to the tops of the highest peaks.I shifted and ran through the jungle, surrounded by the humid heat of the rainforest. It felt as if I'd returned to the earliest days of our kind.The last I ever heard about Charles came from my father.He'd suffered several times more than I had. Maybe it hurt me less because I'd let go earlier.His sight came back, but he still shifted without warning. He frightened a human child on board, and somebody filed a complaint.Vivian had already found herself ano
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