“Funny? Oh! No, sorry.” Audrey shook her head a couple of times, the motions quick and flickering, her ponytail jerking, before falling still as Asher changed the subject away from her idle but amused thought (she couldn’t imagine sharing that thought with anyone, but especially not her alpha!) and she was trotting to catch up with him before all of what he had said had registered in her mind. Wait. What? Audrey’s jaw worked aimlessly for a few moments, but no sound was forthcoming as she skittered to a stop behind Asher, watching him wide-eyed.
“I—yes – but, wait! Sir!” Audrey flapped her hands and took a deep breath, breathing it in and then slowly releasing it through her nostrils. “Only during the Moon,” she finally said, utterly breathless and wide eyed at the implication that she was turning at any other time. She had been told she was doing well when the moon was full, and had taken pride in that. But she hadn’t considered Turning when the moon wasn’t full. She’d only heard of it in passing, and realised it was probably something that had been kept from her lest she get excited and try it herself without … without what? A guardian? Someone who could control her and make her human again? Someone who could kill her if she went completely off her nut?
“I haven’t, um, you know. On purpose.” Audrey used her left hand to scratch idly at the back of her head, upsetting her ponytail; her right hand still held her almost-empy venti iced mocha. “Was I supposed to? No one has really talked about it.” Audrey was more than a little wide-eyed as she considered where this meeting was going, chewing on her bottom lip in a combination of excitement and anxiety. Could she change without the moon? She hadn’t had any issues taking to the routine of the moon; she’d heard plenty of tales about how it screwed with some folks, really messed them up and shit. But Audrey hadn’t had any side effects like that. She could even say honestly that she enjoyed the time she was forced into the body of a wolf. It was incredible.
“I—yes – but, wait! Sir!” Audrey flapped her hands and took a deep breath, breathing it in and then slowly releasing it through her nostrils. “Only during the Moon,” she finally said, utterly breathless and wide eyed at the implication that she was turning at any other time. She had been told she was doing well when the moon was full, and had taken pride in that. But she hadn’t considered Turning when the moon wasn’t full. She’d only heard of it in passing, and realised it was probably something that had been kept from her lest she get excited and try it herself without … without what? A guardian? Someone who could control her and make her human again? Someone who could kill her if she went completely off her nut?
“I haven’t, um, you know. On purpose.” Audrey used her left hand to scratch idly at the back of her head, upsetting her ponytail; her right hand still held her almost-empy venti iced mocha. “Was I supposed to? No one has really talked about it.” Audrey was more than a little wide-eyed as she considered where this meeting was going, chewing on her bottom lip in a combination of excitement and anxiety. Could she change without the moon? She hadn’t had any issues taking to the routine of the moon; she’d heard plenty of tales about how it screwed with some folks, really messed them up and shit. But Audrey hadn’t had any side effects like that. She could even say honestly that she enjoyed the time she was forced into the body of a wolf. It was incredible.
