Pack Dynamics

by Julie Frost

  “Mmm. I’m with you on that.”

  “Yeah?” The air had caught in his throat, waiting for her reaction to the whole thing, but it eased at her pronouncement, and he felt like he could actually breathe for the first time in ages.

  “Yeah. Love you, sweetie.” And she dropped off.

  Okay, then, he thought, right before he fell asleep himself. The lycanthropy was a feature, not a bug.

  He wondered if they’d have puppies.

  About the Author

  Julie Frost lives in Utah with her family, which consists of the same number of pets as people, along with a collection of anteaters and Oaxacan carvings, some of which intersect. She writes an eclectic mixture of science fiction and fantasy, and has appeared in Cosmos, Unlikely Story, Plasma Frequency, Stupefying Stories, and many other venues, and has been a Finalist at Writers of the Future and the Hidden Prize for Prose. This is her first novel. She whines about writing, a lot, at http://agilebrit.livejournal.com/, or you can follow her on Twitter @JulieCFrost