Animal Instincts

Chapter 4

Tessa's POV

The sun shined through my sheer black curtains of my new apartment as it burned my eyes. I was still a little tired, but I had to get ready for my mission.

I rolled out of bed, trudging over to my bathroom. I almost had a heart attack looking at myself in the mirror. My fur was everywhere, my tank top was all twisted around my torso, and one of my baggy pants legs were all the way up to my knee. I was a hot mess. I took a quick shower, washed my face, brushed my teeth, then changed into my uniform for the ZPD training today. I threw on my navy blue sports bra and pulled a ZPD T-shirt over it, finishing off with the female uniform pants. They were tight and breathable like leggings, so they corresponded perfectly with my curvy hips.

I applied some light makeup for my first day then brushed out any stray fur strands. My right ear twitched as I heard my phone ringing from my bedroom. Scampering out of the bathroom, I grabbed my phone to see that my boss, Mr. Licks was trying to Muzzletime me.

I accepted it and a muscular, shirtless tan wolf popped up on my screen. He was always shirtless for some reason.

"Agent Woods," His voice was so deep. "Did you arrive safely to your destination?"

"Yes, sir," I replied happily. "They all fell for it."

"Excellent," He said, looking me up and down through the camera. "Have you spotted your target yet?"

"Yep, he was so excited to see me. He says he's my biggest fan," I answered.

Nick seemed very gullible and weird to me. It will make my job easier since he's all over me.

His stern facial expression became soft. "Wow, that's interesting," he chuckled.

I smirked, "Yeah, I didn't even know it was him until I figured out his name. He did look familiar from his file pictures," I scrambled through a folder Mr. Licks gave me before I left the FRA headquarters that was on my desk. "Mr. Nicholas P. Wilde."

FRA stood for Fugitive Recovery Agency. Which obviously made me a fugitive recovery agent. Also known as a bounty hunter. My job was to find fugitives for my boss, bring them back to him alive unless he wanted me to kill them myself, and... I get money in return.

The job wasn't as easy as it sounded. You have to go undercover like how I am and act as natural as possible. You have to gain the target's trust, then make your move unexpectedly. The missions can be as short as a few days, or as long as a few years. My goal is to be done with this one in about three weeks. Officer Wilde seemed to be very friendly to me ever since I arrived. He probably already has a little crush on me.

"Well, carry out with your mission Agent Woods," Mr. Licks ordered. "Remember, make sure he's alive when you bring him to me. And no funny business!"

"Yes sir," I replied quickly in a hushed tone.

"I'll call you back, later on, tonight to see how your first day went." With that being said the Muzzletime ended and my regular background popped up on the screen with the time.

I tucked all of Nick's information back into the folder and packed it back in my suitcase. I didn't feel the need to bring it with me. It was just my first day.

After I finished getting ready, I grabbed my rental car keys and made my way downstairs to the apartment parking lot. I hopped in my compacted red car and drove off to the ZPD building. Once I arrived, I parked away from all the other cars and walked cautiously to the front entrance. My eyes were constantly scanning through animals, looking for Nick.

He was nowhere in sight so far as I found myself standing at the front desk. I was currently facing a cheetah that needed to lighten up on the doughnuts for a while.