#Chapter 11 – A Celebrity Case

I sigh, arms crossed, as I watch the cars pull away with my boys, saying a silent prayer. In my heart, I know Victor will keep them safe, but still – a mother’s fears run deep.

After the car moves out of my sight I turn and head back into my house, shifting into counselor mode. I wasn’t kidding when I told Victor I had a big day planned – but it’s less spa and more work, unfortunately. I’ve got bills to pay.

I head into my office and quickly straighten up some loose papers on my desk, nudging my grey armchair back into its place parallel to the green velvet loveseat where my clients sit. The boys must have been in here, fooling around.

As I put finish up, I hear a knock on my office’s outside door. Susan, right on time.

Susan rushes through the door as soon as I pull it open, a pink scarf draped over her head to obscure her face. Poor Susan – she’s always so ashamed of coming to see me for counseling, not wanting anyone to see her come in or out.

“I don’t think anyone’s looking, Susan,” I say gently, but I draw the shades closed anyway.

“Oh, you never know!,” she laughs. “Can’t be too careful.” She gives me a sunny smile that I know she doesn’t feel.

I take my pen and notebook off of the desk and neatly fold myself into my chair, pulling on a cardigan that I folded over the back. More professional, I think, than my silk-and-lace remember-that-time-you-knocked-me-up dress.

“So, Susan,” I say, getting right into it, “Have you and Adrian tried any of the role playing techniques that we talked about last session?”

Susan laughs awkwardly and blushes. I smile and wait patiently for her to respond. Susan came to me about six months ago, desperate to fix her relationship. She and Adrian are deeply in love but, as with many werewolf/human couples, they have some trouble connecting in the bedroom.

“Yes,” Susan finally says, smiling coyly. “We were able to find some ways to engage in…”

“Roleplay…” I suggest softly

“Mmhmm!” she says, her lips pursed. “It allowed us to move more slowly, so that we could incorporate more…” she blushes again.

“Foreplay?” I offer.

is beat red

did you

deep blush, but I can see her smile. “Yes! I did. It definitely allowed me to be more…aroused…so that the size of his…” she looks at me from between

you,” I finish for her. Susan laughs and I

after six months of this,” she says, “I’d be better at enunciating what I mean. I mean, you know all the intimate details of my s*x life but

time,” I say, shrugging. “It took me a long time to figure out what I like in bed and how to talk about it. And you have the added dimension of having to learn how to adapt to another species. You should

“So, you were able to successfully communicate your need for more foreplay, it sounds like a

to listen. “Well,” she said. “All of the roleplay got Adrian really worked up too,” she said. “There were some moments that…well,

nod and encourage her to tell me more. “Well…he bit me, a little bit.” I raise my eyebrows and try

that a problem for you?”

But now…” she pulls aside her t-shirt and showing me a ring of teeth marks on her shoulder.

lets work through this,” I

she says softly, “but in

be a violent act, of course, but between a wolf and his mate it’s a sign of arousal, and affection, and claiming. When he bites you, does it feel like he wants to

she says. “I can feel that he wants me, but not that he wants me to suffer. It also heals, like, super fast,” she says, pulling her shirt

it. “Wolf wounds work faster, it’s

in her voice. “Am I…am I going to

say, laughing kindly. “You’ve watched too many movies. Lycanthropy isn’t transferred through bites, it’s genetic, like

kids,” I continue, “they will be half wolf, though wolf genes tend to be dominant, so they will likely present as full

be biting you like that if you and he haven’t had a conversation about what it means. You didn’t grow up in a pack

hold her eye contact, letting her know that I’m serious. “Encourage him to remember that you’re human and that he needs to ask you to consent to things

before she leaves. I’m rooting for this funny human/wolf pair, who got hit with a mating bond out when they met by accident in

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