Bride of the Human Alpha
"I can shift intentionally now, maintain control throughout transformation, return to human form when I choose rather than when the wolf allows it. It's what I should have been all along. What the Relic prevented for twenty-five years."
"The Relic stole a lot from you."
"Maybe. Or maybe I needed those years to develop the human discipline necessary to integrate successfully. Teenagers don't have that kind of control, that kind of emotional regulation. I do." He smiled slightly, an expression that softened the hard lines of his face. "Everything happens for a reason, even the painful parts. Even the losses that seem senseless at the time."
"That's remarkably philosophical for a warrior who us