Rhett lay in the forest, staring up at the blushing dusk sky. He lay bare on the leaf litter beneath a great oak watching the dusk sky grow dark under the leafy shelter the great trees provided his naked form. He appreciated these last few peaceful moments in the woods before the wolf took over his body. Rhett had run deep into the woods as he did every moon-bright night before the change, he wanted to be far away from the village where his human form slept, he had no desire to hurt his people, most especially Bree.
She was, in a word, stunning. Her eyes shone bright as the stars and her hair fell down her back in soft waves that reminded him of leaves dancing on the soft forest floor as the wind whistled through the trees. She was a small girl, just of age, and her petite stature only ca
