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Rowan had a fine life, living decently with his mom. Sure, she worked a lot, but she was all he had, since his dad died of cancer when he was three. His sixteenth birthday is in a month, and he thought things were going well. Until his mom decided they were moving.
He was a young shapeshifter, but there was something off about him. He was a leopard, but his animal form was different. It was a cub. An eight month old cub. Rowan is embarrassed and angry about how his shape isn't growing, despite him being fairly average height in his human form. And then his mom tells him he's going to a foster home. A foster home meaning he had to stay with the local pride of lions..