“Can we interest you for a ride in the city?” Vivian asked. “It’s quite the drive to get here.”

Julia focused on the treeline shimmering out in the distance. There was no wind, and the heat was oppressive, but she ached to heed the call. She felt it in her bones that this was the time to surrender to her instincts.

“No,” Julia said. “Thank you.”

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Before its tongue touched the water, a solid mass of muscle and fur broke through the surface. The white teeth glowed in the moonlight until they buried themselves in the buck’s neck. A powerful snap range out, breaking the neck before it cried out.

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“Miss Black,” a feminine voice said.

Julia waited for her eyes to adjust. At first, there was an elongated silhouette shimmering in the heat. However, shape and colour gained fidelity of time until she made out a well-dressed woman standing beside a black car with tinted windows.

“Oh great, the high-priced lawyer,” Julia muttered.

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The moon would be full tonight, and she would transform for the first time in almost a year. What luck? Any delay would have resulted in her turning while incarcerated. That might have given her a fighting chance to escape from a normal prison, but the guards here were heavily armed… not to mention the walls.

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“I don’t follow directions from you, Miss Black,” Vivian said. “My client wished to see you released, and went through a great deal of trouble to make it happen.”

The sceptical Julia furrowed her brows and huffed, considering this whole situation had the fragrance of heated cow patties. No one ever gave a shit about her well-being before. So, why would that change all of a sudden?

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Julia waited for her eyes to adjust. At first, there was nothing more than an elongated silhouette, one shimmering with the radiating heat. Eventually, the definition and colour gained fidelity, until she made out the well-dressed woman standing beside a black car with tinted windows.

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All around, birds who settled in for the night were spooked by the attack. Their fevered flight through the sky created frightful shadows on the world below. By the time the sound of their flapping faded, the water was pristine and calm, as though nothing had happened.

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“She may have been a bitch…” Julia said after unfolding a bill to get a better view of an old moustached white man. “…but her supposition turned out to be bang on.”

Beneath Julia found a bundle of passports, which came with a roll of currency. She also found cell phones, chargers, and a stack of SIM cards. Am I a secret agent now?

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Under normal circumstances an adult werewolf remembered everything that went on. However, it had been over a year since she last changed, so Julia was not sure if that would be true tonight.

“Moonlust…” Julia said absentmindedly while prodding the fire to ensure a hotter burn.

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