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Chapter 33

Shadow managed to consume a lot more of the deer on his own than Wolfgirl expected. By the time he lumbered away, most of the deer’s vital organs and quite a few muscles had been stripped away. The sun was noticeably higher in the sky and the shadows on the snow-covered expanse no longer seemed to stretch to infinity. A few small clouds dotted an almost perfectly blue sky and even the wind seemed to be observing the holiday.

Wolfgirl had settled against a nearby rock after finishing her own breakfast, occasionally getting up to warm up and see how Shadow was progressing. She was beginning to fall back asleep when she heard the wolf stop eating and move towards her.

“Finished?” she asked half teasingly after shaking herself alert. “Is this the first time you’ve eaten this month?”

‘Rest,’ Shadow chuffed and growled before stopping next to Wolfgirl.

“Oh… really? You’re going to take a nap now?” Wolfgirl asked incredulously. “I was hoping we could cuddle.”

Instead of collapsing as she expected, the wolf started pawing at the snow rapidly. In almost no time, he had removed the top layer of snow to reach the compacted layer underneath. He repeated the action until he had created a sizable depression in the snow.

Huh, that looks a lot bigger than he is, she curiously examined the hole he had dug out from where she was sitting.

The wolf looked hopefully at her and whined, ‘Come in?”

“Okay, sure!” Wolfgirl responded, breaking into a giddy grin.

Careful not to collapse a side wall, she climbed into the small hole. It turned out to be deeper than it looked from outside and it could have comfortably hidden her from view if she had lain entirely flat. However, she laid her head against a wall and contoured herself along the side of depression. Shadow clambered in after her and then leaned his back against her while laying his head on her left shoulder. Wolfgirl wrapped her left forearm around him and gently stroked his fur.

‘Love,’ Shadow chuffed contentedly as he closed his eyes.

“I love you too, Merry Christmas!” Wolfgirl murmured, but the wolf had already drifted off.

Wolfgirl awoke sometime later with her front tightly wrapped around Shadow’s back. Her face was buried in his fur and felt pleasantly warm. The sun was still shining brightly, forcing her to squint as she turned her head to look at the sky. Turning her face back to her furry boyfriend, she smiled in contentment even as his fur tickled her nose. Aside from a slight stomach ache, everything was perfect.

What if… I didn’t go home? In Wolfgirl’s mind’s eye, she saw herself with Shadow after a successful hunt. I don’t need to go home; I could even find ways to help him hunt.

Her daydream came to an abrupt stop as she felt cramping down below. Shifting her pelvis, Sophia felt an uncomfortable wet sensation as part of her pad got pushed into her groin.

Damn, time to change my pad, she gave Shadow a squeeze around the middle and gently scooted back.

Shadow awoke with a jerk and craned his neck to see what she was doing. She gave him a reassuring scritch on the muzzle and then pushed herself up into a sitting position. As she stood, she felt a sudden flow, followed by something trickling down her leg.

“Shit.”

To Sophia’s horror, her menstrual blood had leaked onto her panties and lightly stained her thermal underwear. Even after removing and replacing the saturated pad, she was acutely aware of a sticky feeling on her thigh. To make matters worse, she could still readily detect the distinctive smell from the mess.

And I didn’t think to bring something to put it in, she sighed as she reluctantly buried the used pad in the snow. So much for leaving nothing but footprints.

Shadow, for his part, alternated between wondering if she was alright and trying to come over to where she had hidden herself. Several times, she had to cover up when she heard his curious sniffs.

“I know, wanting modesty is kind of silly,” she said blushing furiously after his second attempt. “It’s, well, a human thing.”

When she snapped at him after the third time, he finally seemed to get the hint and anxiously paced a few yards away from her makeshift shelter. His tail wagged when she finally emerged and he came up to her, sniffing. She blushed again when he tried to inquisitively sniff at her crotch.

“I’m not ready for that,” she laughed nervously, gently pushing his muzzle aside. “I know; it smells different. Trust me, I’ve been smelling it for days.”

‘Strange,’ Shadow chuffed and growled.

“Don’t female wolves have periods?” Sophia asked curiously before letting Wolfgirl take back control. “Anyway, thanks for worrying about me.”

Getting onto her hands and knees, she gave his muzzle a reassuring lick-kiss. After Shadow returned her affections, she glanced at the sun and scowled.

It must be getting close to noon; I hope Dad saw my note.

“This sucks, it’s a special day today and I promised my dad I’d be home to celebrate it with him,” she grumbled sullenly. “It would be so much better with you.”

Shadow sensed her melancholy and whined, ‘Leave?’

. “But! I have the week off from school and I’ll come as much as I can!” Wolfgirl told him happily before nuzzling him. “Well, maybe I can stay a little longer.”

It was another hour before Wolfgirl finally remembered she had said she was going home.

“Where have you been?” Sophia’s dad asked her sharply from the dining room when she walked in the front door. “Did you forget today was Christmas?”

“I left a note,” Sophia replied defensively as she started removing her coat and boots. “I was seeing a friend.”

Huh, the TV isn’t on and it doesn’t smell like he’s been drinking. That’s unusual.

“A friend?” her dad asked incredulously. “On Christmas morning? Don’t they have their own family to be with?”

I knew it was a terrible excuse. Sophia wracked her brain desperately for something, anything plausible, but could think of nothing.

“No, no family,” was all Sophia could manage. “They were lonely.”

Her dad’s eyes bored into hers and his face seemed to harden. Wolfgirl snarled in the back of her mind and Sophia felt her body tensing like a trapped wolf, ready to spring. She clenched her jaw just in time to avoid snarling for real.

“Alright, it’s Christmas,” Her dad sighed, shaking his head. “Please at least let me know where you’ll be next time. You didn’t have your phone with you and I didn’t know who to call.”

Wait… what? Sophia was caught completely off-guard by this change in direction and had no idea how to respond. That’s it?

“Okay?” she replied tentatively.

“Go get changed,” her dad told her with a grin. “I might have some things for you.”

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“My dad was acting so weird yesterday,” Wolfgirl told Shadow quietly as they cuddled under some especially dense brush. “He was mad when I got home, but then… just dropped it.”

Shadow’s ears perked up at her voice and he shifted his head to look at her, but he made no sound. As ever, his eyes had an uncanny depth to them, unlike any dog she had ever met.

There’s so much more there than just an animal, Wolfgirl scratched behind the large wolf’s ear, prompting a guttural moan. I wish we could talk for real.

“He wasn’t even drinking when I got home,” she continued thoughtfully. “Although that didn’t last long after we started opening presents.”

Shadow tenderly brushed her cheek with his nose and snuggled in closer. His breath had the pleasing scent of slightly decayed venison on it.

“He tried to act happy, but I could tell he wasn’t really into it,” she said. “After I opened a present from my gran and gramps, he excused himself and came back with a glass of something awful smelling.” Wolfgirl made an exaggerated ‘yuck’ face.

‘Not understand.’ Shadow chuffed and then growled with a tone of frustrated amusement, ‘Enjoy sounds.’

Wolfgirl gave him an appreciative lick-kiss on his forehead.

“That’s okay,” she assured him. “I just need someone to listen.”

She shifted her position against the tree she was leaning against and pulled Shadow tighter, wishing she could feel his skin and fur against her own skin.

“My grandparents sent me a cute sweatshirt with a cat on it,” Wolfgirl giggled. “A cat. How silly of them. Do I look like a cat-girl?”

Shadow let out an indignant-sounding growl.

“Right? Anyway, my dad just seemed to get more and more distant and depressed even when I opened the presents he had given me. Then he mumbled something about needing a nap and went to his bedroom.” She furrowed her brow, thinking. “About an hour later, he just got in his truck and… left. No goodbye, nothing. He came back really late. We didn’t even have the ham he had been marinating.”

A tear trickled down her cheek, which Shadow licked off of her.

‘Mate sad,’ his whine was concerned but comforting. ‘Love.’

Wolfgirl smiled, wiping away another tear. “Thanks, you’re the best gift I’ve ever had!” She took a breath and continued, “It just hurt after the big deal he made about Christmas.”

Shadow pushed himself up so his warm head was against her cheek. For several minutes they lay like that in silence.

“Sorry I didn’t come out earlier,” Wolfgirl apologized. “I didn’t sleep well and I just felt off this morning - jittery and my stomach was kind of achy. I’m feeling much better now. And my period is tapering off!”

Her companion made a low rumble in his throat. When she turned her face towards him, she caught a whiff of something amongst his fur. Her eyes focused on a bit of matted fur. She stuck out her tongue, but it was just out of reach. The wolf got to his feet and looked at her questioningly as she squirmed out from under him.

Of course, I’m going to groom my mate. A spark of irritated puzzlement shot through her when a strange feeling of muted disgust briefly gripped her. What’s gross about that?

Shaking the puzzling emotion off, she leaned forward on her hands and licked the tuft of matted fur before closing her teeth on it and working them between them. After a bit more licking, she had removed whatever bit of the deer had clung to his fur. Satisfied, she proceeded to work her way through the rest of his coat with her mouth.

Leaning back, she admired how handsome his now-clean fur was. She licked her lips, cleaning off a bit of flaked deer blood she had removed from his fur.

“Much better!” she announced. “But that made me hungry; have any more deer?”

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“It’s not a deer, but still really good,” Wolfgirl commented appreciatively after tasting some of the blood of the Snowshoe Hare Shadow had greeted her with. “Much better than that gingerbread cookie I had yesterday.”

Gah, I just ate most of the chicken I cooked before coming out here and I’m hungry again. Did the hunger start this early last time?

She examined the spindly carcass of the lagomorph. The hare’s otherwise pristine white coat was spattered with crimson blood. If it wasn’t for the neck bent at an unnatural angle with an ear crumpled under it, it would have been adorable. Shadow had helpfully ripped open a flap of skin on the thigh of the animal’s left rear leg, exposing its powerful muscle. Placing both of her hands on the kill to keep it in place, she leaned in and closed her paltry human teeth around the meat. It took far too much work for what she got, but she managed to tear a small bit off.

Wow, this is hard to chew, Wolfgirl ground the tough chunk up with her molars for what felt like an eternity. Tastes amazing though. Literally just like chicken.

Shadow watched her expectantly as she finally swallowed. His tail flipped back and forth on the ground.

“It’s good!” She exclaimed as she eagerly licked around her lips with her tongue. “A little hard to eat. Probably why humans prefer it cooked.”

Keeping her pa.. hands on the rabbit, she anxiously checked for any unwanted guests that might steal her meal. She saw nothing and bent back down. After a lot of impatient gnawing, she managed to score another stringy morsel. Shadow made the lupine equivalent of a wide smile.

“I don’t know if it was the cookie or me, but that cookie was bitter and not very sweet,” Wolfgirl commented as she chewed on the meat. “It smelled weird too, but Janet - my coworker - seemed really proud of them.” She paused to swallow. “It would have been rude not to eat it.”

Baring my teeth and growling at Sean just because he came within a few feet of my lunch was rather rude and more than a little embarrassing though. I hope he didn’t tell anyone.

Bending down, she clenched her teeth on the rabbit’s hide and tried to pull. She wrestled with it futilely until Shadow nudged her away and tore it with his teeth with little effort. Afterward, he went back to sitting on his haunches and watching her when he wasn’t watching their surroundings. Wordlessly, Wolfgirl went for another bite and managed to get a decent chunk this time. When she finished chewing and swallowing, she leaned back to sit on her heels.

Shadow’s body tensed and he whined and growled, ‘bad?’

“No,” Wolfgirl laughed, licking at a speck of rabbit above her lip. “It’s really good, but my jaw needs a break.” She took a breath and then continued, “I really should be eating more than meat, but it’s all I’ve been interested in the last few days. Even the breading on the fried chicken was kind of meh yesterday.”

I do need to try to eat some carbs or fruit though, my energy has been off the last few days.

Again, she automatically swept her gaze over their surroundings while carefully sniffing the air and listening.

“I can’t believe it’s already Saturday,” she commented dourly. “It’s been such an incredible week and it’s going to be hard not seeing you almost every day.” Then her face lit up as she added, “But Tuesday night is the full moon! I can’t wait!”

Shadow sensed her excitement and stepped over the rabbit to give her a lick-kiss, sending a shiver of excitement through her. She ran her gloved hand across his side and brushed her face against his muzzle before giving him a gentle nip on the side of his neck.

Oh, I can’t wait to be able to entangle my fur with his and feel his warmth against my skin. Desperate yearning tugged at her heart as she imagined the coming night. I wonder if I’ll change more this time - I so want a tail!

The hare forgotten, Wolfgirl lay down in the snow and pulled Shadow on top of her. She buried her face in his coat and greedily drank his perfect scent.

“I’m going to a New Year's Eve party the day after tomorrow, but I’ll come to spend the day after with you,” she murmured conspiratorially as she lay her head back down. “I’ll become your wolfess under the moon and you can be my alpha!”