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floor and lapped at the spreading blood.   The wounds from the earlier attack healed.   She would always heal naturally on her own.   Blood and meat simply sped up the process, and it was also delicious.
    She kept one ear cocked toward Nathan, just to make sure he didn't do anything foolish.   She stretched her front paws as far as she could and willed for the change.   The change was already a painful experience, and she didn't like going through two so close together.   But it would be hard to talk to Nathan without human vocal cords, and Eddie and Barry weren't a threat.
    Her bones broke once again, and her muscles shifted.   Her paws changed to legs and arms as she whined.   That whine turned to a feminine cry.   Nathan gasped behind her.   Her change back to human was never a modest experience.   She was naked, on her hands and knees, with her ass in the air.   She nearly fell on her side, but managed to keep her balance.
    Marie cracked her neck as she rose to her feet.   Nathan took a step back, bumping into his desk.   Eddie looked up at her, but didn't dare move.   She looked at her reflection in a mirror hanging on the wall.   Crimson streaks covered her entire body.   Her hands and feet were soaked in blood, as was her mouth.   Her hair looked beautiful, almost making her laugh.
    Eddie rocked in pain.   Marie looked down at him, meeting his stare.
    "Still want me to help you let off some steam?"
    "What the fuck are you?" he asked.
    She smiled, baring her bloodstained teeth.   She wondered even after what Eddie just witnessed if he'd believe her if she told him.   His gun lay on the floor near the steps.   He'd lost it in the fight with Nathan.   Marie wasn't keen on guns.   She held her own just fine without them, and she'd been hunted too many times by men wielding them.   Still, they had their uses.
    She grabbed what was left of her tights with her left hand and scooped the gun from the floor.   There was no need to put her fingerprints on a weapon.   She shot Eddie in the head.   No departing comments, no last words.   Nathan jumped behind her and started to cry.   She took a step toward Barry, who was still unconscious, and ended his life as well.
    Marie looked down at her naked body as Nathan shivered in the corner.   It would take a thorough scrubbing to clean up, one she didn't have time for.   She stood near the steps and tried to lock onto the third henchman's scent.   It wasn't easy, with so many distractions, but thought she had a good feel for it when Nathan finally spoke.
    "They-they're all dead."
    "Well, that one guy got away."   She dropped the gun to the floor and gestured to the cell phone.   "But he won't be calling anyone."
    He was obviously going into shock.   She wanted to grab his shoulder, calm him down, but figured he didn't need any more blood on him.   He looked back and forth between Eddie, Barry, and Marie.
    "Y-You said you weren't a murderer."
    She laughed shortly.   "I'm not.   I'm a werewolf.   Believe it or not, there's a difference.   And…you're welcome."
    His eyes glazed over at the new information.   Marie grabbed the curtain from the floor and wrapped it around herself as best she could.   Holding the curtain to her chest, she retrieved the Polaroid photos on the edge of the desk.   Terri and Mackenzie were sitting in the back of a van with the doors open.   Their hands and feet were bound with rope, tape over their mouths.   The fear in their eyes was easy to read.   Terri had a bruise on her cheek and a small cut on her forehead.
    Nathan's eyes fell on the photos and he snapped back to the moment.   "My family," he said.   "They've got my family."
    "Who?" Marie said, but shook her head.   "No, never mind.   If we want to save them, we'd better get moving."
    "We could have asked Eddie for information.   But you killed him."
    There was an edge of ungratefulness in his voice, and Marie glared at him.   She handed the photos to