I felt warm and comfortable. The bed was fluffy and comforting. Though, it did have an odd habit of moving. Which was odd as beds don’t typically move. Well, they do if someone decides they want to toss you out of them. But that wasn’t the case here. The movement was rhythmic. It would slowly rise before stopping only to then slowly drop back down. Over and over it did this movement. It almost reminded me of someone breathing, but that couldn’t be right. I mean, why would I be sleeping in someone's bed…

My eyes snapped open. Sure as shit, I was on someone's chest. It was wide and well-muscled. Though the muscles were hidden by a bunch of hair. While I knew people had hair on their chests, I never expected there to be so much. At least, I never had so much.

Mentally, I shook the last of the cobwebs out of my head as I tried to focus on where I was. It didn’t help that there was a large thing sticking out of my face. It blocked quite a bit of my view and forced my head to lie at a weird angle.

The longer I looked at it, the more I felt as though I was forgetting something. Something important. Eh, I was sure it would come to me. First, I needed to get out of here.

I tried to slide one of my arms sideways only to find it wouldn’t go all that far. As in, it physically could not move further than it was. Which just added to my confusion as there was no way my bone structure had changed so drastically in one day.

Slowly, I slid my hand up to where I could see it. What I saw wasn’t my hand. It was a goddamned paw.

Just like that, the events of last night came back to me. I had changed into a fox and gone on my first run. That was all fine and dandy but it didn’t explain just where I was or how I got here. The last thing I could recall was passing out after finding out the wolf I had been fucking with was the alpha of all people. An alpha that had curled around me as he told me to sleep. Ah hell, tell me the guy under me isn't who I thought it was.

Carefully, I lifted my head enough to get a look at his face, and sure as shit, it was the alpha. Great. Now that I knew where I was, mostly, I needed to get away.

As slowly as I could, I slid my paws under me. With my muscles bunched, I went from laying to crouching as I tried to keep my weight as distributed as I could. My eyes watched his face for any signs of a reaction to the shift of weight. It didn’t come.

With smooth and easy movements, I shifted one leg after another as I worked toward his side. As one foot reached the edge, I let it take as much weight as I could. Soon, I found myself standing next to the beast of a man. A man who, if anything, seemed to have fallen into a deeper sleep now that my weight was no longer compressing his chest.

I slipped off his bed and onto the wood floor. I nearly made it to my door when I heard his voice, “And where do you think you are going so early in the morning?” Busted.

My head turned to shoot him a glare. I found my eyes locking onto his as I noticed they had returned to their warm chocolate color. We stood like that for a few minutes before he let out a jaw-cracking yawn. “Come back to bed. We can deal with whatever you might need in a few hours.”

His choice of words had me imagining myself jumping into bed naked. That wasn’t odd. There were many times I had gone to bed naked. But that had been when I was a guy and it had been too hot. This time, my body was female and it wasn’t because I was overheating.

I shook the odd and uncharacteristic scene out of my mind. “If you don’t come back to bed on your own I will just come over there and carry you back here.” His threat had me narrowing my eyes at him. He could try but we both knew just how stubborn I was. With a hefty sigh, he shifted his legs off the edge of the bed. The blanket slid off his lower half as he rose to his feet.

To say I got an eyeful would have been an understatement. I didn’t even know that those things ever got that big. Mine sure as hell never did. Even hard, mine had probably only reached maybe three-quarters as long. His, while not completely flaccid, wasn’t hard by any stretch of the imagination.

My shock at seeing his dick nearly cost me my freedom. I managed to break out of my mental loop just as he got close enough to touch my fur. Nails scrabbled against the wood as I tried to gain traction. Just as one of my feet managed to find something to push against, one of his arms wrapped itself around my waist.

My feet scrambled to hold onto something, anything but I found nothing as the beast lifted me into his arms. “It's not so bad.” He cooed. “We are just going to sleep for a little while longer, then you and I can take a bit of a walk while we talk. And no, I won’t do anything to you. Not unless you specifically ask me to, and not until you are no longer in your fox form.”

I wanted to yell at this guy. Too bad I still had no idea how to communicate while I was in this form or if I could. So, instead, I chose to mentally scream at him. Wait, what about your wife? What would she have to say about your words? How about your daughter? If they are fine with it then how about the rest of your pack? Surely there is someone more than willing to sleep with you.

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He either didn’t hear me or didn’t care. Seeing as I had never read a Kitsune story where they had mental powers, I had to go with the former. His arms pulled me against his chest as he slid back into the bed. My body relaxed as I realized he meant what he said, he wouldn’t do anything without my permission. My spoken permission. I found my eyelids growing heavy as his fingers ran through my fur.

A hard hammering noise broke me out of my dream. It had been a nice dream. One where…great now I couldn’t remember what had happened. Whoever was at the door had to have a good reason for waking me up or I might have to bite them.

The deep growl behind me caused me to stiffen up as something large shifted on the bed. An arm suddenly wrapped its way around my middle as if it was trying to hold me in place. The feeling of suddenly being trapped nearly had me taking one hell of a bite out of the offending arm but Liam’s growling voice brought back memories of last night. “Who is it?”

Ginger either didn’t care who was in the room or not. She shoved the door open with enough force to cause the door to slam into the wall. “Where is she?!”

“Who?”

Pendragon looked like he was trying to calm her down but nothing he did seemed to affect her. She simply pulled out of his grip as she continued to glare at the alpha. “You damn well know who.”

Even if I couldn’t see the bastard, I could tell that he was smirking. “Do I?”

“Where is Kyren?” Pendragon asked as he pulled Ginger into a tight embrace. She looked like she was working hard to get away. He didn’t look all that bothered by her attempts.

While I loved to play tricks, I wasn’t going to let others do the same to my friend's sister. At least not unless I got a say in it. Also, I would want to have at least some hand in the act. The only issue was, how would I let them know I was here? It wasn’t like I could talk. What sound did a fox make again? My mind killed the memory that question dredged up. While the song had been catchy, it was dated and overplayed.

Didn’t foxes sort of sound like dogs? They barked, right? Wait, foxes let out yips too, didn’t they? I saw no reason not to try and let out a short, sharp yip. The noise came out exactly as I expected it to. It had the added effect of catching Ginger's attention.

Her eyes locked onto me. Within moments, her anger vanished, though she still looked like she was trying to get out of the hold the Pendragon had on her. Was it me or did it almost look like she was trying harder now?

Suddenly she flew across the room toward me. While I could see her coming, I had nowhere to go. The fucking alpha still had an arm curled around my middle. He didn’t bother to move as she reached us. Her hands dug into my pelt as she cooed with joy.

“Oh, my, god. You’re so soft and so FLUFFY!” Her shrill voice caused me to whimper as it cut into my head. She must have misinterpreted my whimper because she wrapped an arm under me while the other tried to force Liam’s arm off me. The fucker let her.

Before I knew what was going on, she was sitting on the side of the bed with me on her lap. My head was next to hers as her hands worked down my back. Something about the action felt so soothing that I nearly missed the alpha’s words. “What brings you both to my humble abode so early in the morning?”

“We are here to get Kyren so that we can start her training.” Ginger's voice was muffled by my fur. “We promised Kai, well really I promised him, that we would deal with training her while he was gone.”

His voice moved as the bed shifted. “What type of training were you thinking about doing?”

“A bit of a mix.” Ginger moved her head so that her mouth was free from my fur. “From what my brother says, she has some training with a blade.”

“What type?” Pendragon asked.

I growled a tiny bit as her shrug jostled me. “He never said. I am sure she will tell you when she can talk again.”

“Shouldn’t Kitsune be able to talk?” Pendragon’s voice sounded a bit skeptical. As if he didn’t believe that I was who I said I was. Given that I wasn’t going to transform right in front of him and give him a show, there was nothing I could do about his doubts.

Thankfully Liam snorted. “You think it is easy to talk while in an animal form? Unlike your kind, we have to actually practice and learn how to do so from scratch. What else do you have planned for her training?”

“Other than maintaining her skills, she needs to hunt. Her level is way too low for the area, let alone for any of the demons that might show up.” She took a second to think before continuing, “I think that is it.”

“Agreed, but I want to teach her to use her fox form and her senses,” Liam spoke as he came around the bed. To my relief and annoyance, he was now fully clothed. “The girl has some natural skill but she is so noisy and so…well human in her way of thinking.”

“Why do you say that?” Ginger’s hands stopped moving as she waited for his answer.

He told them about my little trick on him the night before. While I had thought I had done such a good job, his retelling told me just how much I had to learn. Apparently the guy could hear every step I had taken as I circled him. He knew where I was going to be before I popped out of the bushes. The annoyance I had felt from him was due to the rest of the group getting too close to our little game.

Though he was pleasantly surprised by my tenacity once I got my teeth into my target. He had expected me to let go the moment we hit the cold water.

Ginger chuckled, “Yeah, I have heard she is a persistent little thing when she wants to be. Anyway, Kyren,” I pulled my head back to look her in the eyes. “Your dress was finished getting repaired earlier. I have it here for you to put on. I would also recommend upgrading it a bit as the material is too rare to use for repair work.”

I nodded my understanding before trying to jump off her lap. One of my feet caught in her arm. The change in my momentum sent me flailing onto the bed. No one commented. Instead, both of the men left the room as she dropped something fluffy and white onto the bed.

Unsure of how to change back, I simply willed my body to shift back to human. To my surprise and happiness, it worked. I found myself on all fours in my human shape as the mana settled back down.

“Where did your tail and ears go?” Ginger whined. A hand flew to my head. Sure as shit, the ears were gone. I didn’t know whether to be happy or sad at the loss.