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found someone special to share his life with.
    What if Daniel took him to the pound?
    Teddy couldn’t stop the whine that escaped his lips. He had to stop those kind of thoughts right now. He still didn’t have the urge to lift his leg on the furniture, so he wasn’t all dog yet, and he had a plan.
    If only Daniel would get off him and open the door.
    Teddy made himself lie still and let Daniel stroke the top of his head through the blanket.
    “Much better, dude,” Daniel said, his hand still stroking Teddy’s head, which Teddy had to admit felt kind of good, in an interesting, awkward way. “See, we can get along, right? You got a tag or anything? Man, I didn’t even know someone brought a dog last night. How wasted was I, right? But we gotta get you back where you belong.”
    Teddy fought to urge to tell Daniel he was where he belonged. The words would only come out as a growl again, and that wouldn’t do him any good.
    “Danny?”
    Teddy caught a whiff of the unique scent his nose told him was Lilibeth, Daniel’s half-elf girlfriend. She must have come out of the bedroom to see what all the ruckus was about. The woodsy scent she brought with her was part pine and part jasmine and buried beneath the pungent odor of weed and overlaid with the cool, moist odor of outdoors, which told Teddy both of them had been partying in Daniel’s bedroom with the window open.
    The combined scents made Teddy want to run. Just take off at top speed down a forest path, maybe scare up a rabbit or two, and let the wind blow through his fur as his ears flapped back with the pure joy of the chase.
    His legs actually twitched with the need to run.
    That wasn’t good.
    “What are you doing out here?” Lilibeth’s melodious voice had the slight slur of the happily but not thoroughly stoned. “And why are you on top of Teddy?”
    What?
    She could see through the spell?
    “Yes!” Teddy said.
    The exclamation came out as a short, happy bark.
    “Huh?” Daniel lifted the corner of the blanket away from Teddy’s face. “Honey, unless I’m really wasted, this is a dog. Looks like a dog, feels like a dog. Barks like a dog.” He gestured at Teddy with one hand. “Dog.”
    Teddy shook his head, and Daniel gave him a quizzical look.
    Lilibeth giggled. “Teddy,” she said, making the same ta-da! gesture toward Teddy that Daniel had.
    “Dude.” Daniel drew the word out. “Man, why didn’t you tell me? That’s messed up.”
    He managed to get to his feet without tripping on the blanket. Teddy shook the blanket off, then just shook himself for good measure because it felt so good, right down to his spine.
    Lilibeth came over to crouch in front of Teddy. Her eyes were the most beautiful shade of green, her hair the copper gold of the setting sun. Even half-stoned, she was the most graceful creature Teddy had ever seen. He’d always thought she was beautiful in a hands-off, she’s someone else’s girlfriend kind of way, but now he had the urge to lay down at her feet like she was royalty.
    And that was another dog thought. Definitely not good.
    He was going to have to fight to keep himself human. He made himself stay on his paws.
    His feet, damn it. His feet.
    Lilibeth held her hand out, palm not quite touching the fur on the top of his head. “This wasn’t your choice, was it?”
    Teddy shook his head.
    “Duuude,” Daniel said. “You’re talking to a dog.”
    “Teddy,” Lilibeth said. “I’m talking to Teddy.” She frowned. “For now. You’re fading. You can feel it, can’t you?”
    Teddy barked in agreement.
    “The spell needs to be broken, and soon.” Lilibeth stroked his head and down his neck, her eyes never leaving his. When her hand reached his chest, her eyes darkened. “And it’s something I don’t have the power to do.”
    “You can break spells?” Daniel asked. “Man, I did not know that about you. How cool is that?”
    Teddy thought it would have been cooler if she could have broken this