Rhapsody for a Wolf
“You’re the one who lives here. You know the land, the Territories, the locals, the threats. You’ll have defenses in place, and probably agreements with people beyond the borders to try to limit hostilities. I’m not going to disrupt any of that and put the place at risk because of it.”
“Not just a baby face, are you?” Baxter says, neutral this time. “We can shift here. Let’s run.” He suits actions to words, stripping off unselfconsciously and dropping to all fours. He stretches, his form rippling to a grisly background sound of bones snapping and reforming. There’s a scarred, black-furred wolf in his place now.
Thunder, the black wolf says when I have copied him.
Frost, my wolf replies, shak
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