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"Will your sister be okay with the changes?"
"Yeah, Cathy will love it here. I'm sure she'll be calling soon. If she's modeling, she might not come home for a while."
"I can't wait to meet her." Bayne nuzzled my neck. "You hungry?"
I shook my head. "Not yet."
"Then how about we shift and let our wolves have some time together?" Bayne stood.
"Sounds good."
"Let me toss a couple steaks out. That way we don't have to shift back if we don't want to." Bayne walked across the kitchen and I heard the fridge open. "I called Cohen. He said to drop by tomorrow afternoon and he'd be around. He isn't too concerned. He's thinking it's stress as well."
"I hope that's all it is." I stood, rolling my shoulders as I waited for Bayne. It was easier to let him lead me back to the bedroom than try and find my own way. I was getting better at estimating where I was, but still not perfect.
Once in the bedroom, I stripped off my clothes, excited to shift and be with my mate. A night curled up on the bed was exactly what I needed. Well, no, I needed a night out running and hunting with my mate, but that wasn't going to happen right now with as tired as I was and my blindness. It was going to take time to learn how to move through the forest together when I couldn't see. I hoped a donor was found quickly so I wouldn't even have to try.
"You are the sexiest man alive." Bayne pressed his naked body against mine.
I grinned, enjoying the feel of him against me. "Other than you, of course."
"We make a good team."
"We do." I ran my hands down his side as I kissed him softly.
Bayne pulled back. "My wolf is growling. He wants his turn with you. I promise I'll remind you just how sexy you are when we shift back."
"I'm holding you to that." I took two steps back and went to my knees, ready to shift. "I love you."
"I love you too." Bayne sounded as if he was on the floor too.
I relaxed, and stepped back, ready for my wolf to step forward, but was surprised when my wolf seemed to ignore me and refuse to come. I closed my eyes, focusing inward on my wolf, finding him withdrawn and refusing to communicate with me. Again, I tried to shift, but my wolf didn't move.
I'd never experienced anything like it. My wolf always wanted out. He loved the freedom and hated that we spent so much time in human form. And now, with my mate, he seemed to always push me to shift, but as I thought back over the last day or two, he had been oddly silent. The only time I remembered him stirring was when we were watching Justin be tortured. He'd wanted a part in that. His anger at being blind was strong and he'd wanted to kill the man who made us that way.
Bayne's wolf licked my arm.
"I'm trying. My wolf won't come forward." I closed my eyes again, hoping that the nearness of Bayne's wolf would draw mine forward.
Still nothing.
I felt him inside me, but it was almost as if he was lying in the corner of my mind, refusing to get up, refusing to even acknowledge me. "Bayne, he's not coming. I can't shift." I tried again.
After several minutes I sat down on the floor, tired and sweaty from trying to force the shift when my wolf didn't want to come forward. I shook my head, unsure what to do. I'd never heard of anyone not being able to shift. There were times one side fought with the other and forced them to not shift, or even times my wolf had forced the shift on me, but the nothingness of this was scaring me.
"What is it?" Bayne was in human form again and pulling me onto his lap.
I shook my head. "I don't know. He's there, but it's like he won't come. He just lays there like he isn't interested in even paying attention to what is going on around us. He didn't even blink when your wolf licked me."
"Is he sick?"
"I don't think so. If he was, I would be too, wouldn't I?"
"I'd think so, but I don't know. Maybe it's something we don't know about. That could be why you're so tired. I'm calling Cohen." Bayne stood and grabbed his phone.
As Bayne talked to Cohen, I got a wave of worry from Kurt. It was the first time I'd really had him communicate through our link since I'd taken him as my alpha. I sent back a wave of reassurance, not wanting him to worry. It said a lot that Kurt would feel such a minor thing. Pete hardly noticed when his wolves called for help.
"Cohen is off work in ten minutes and said he'd come here but would have Stephen, his mate, with him." Bayne sat down on the floor beside me again. "When was the last time you remember your wolf active?"
