I didn't realize that I had backed up in front of a hole in the log until the wolfs jaws went into the log behind me and grabbed the back of my neck. I kicked and tried to run away, only to have the wolf tighten it's hold a little, growling as it pulled me out of the dead tree. My heart pounded hard as I tried to kick at the wolf, trying to get it to let me go, looking at the ground to see that it had slipped into its humanoid form. A paw like hand grabbed the scruff of my neck, the teeth leaving my skin as the wolf held me out to inspect me. I saw that the wolf was a girl, her tail swaying a little as she studied me with creepy, blood red eyes.
Luke is a rabbit shiftier, able to turn from a humanoid rabbit, human and a rabbit. Because he's a prey, he lived in hiding from the predator shifters, who enslave or kill the prey shifters. So what happens when he gets caught by not only a predator shiftier, but a wolf, his natural enemy?
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Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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