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body."
           "Why would you want to see a dead body?" he asked, sitting beside her.
           "I don't know." Leena shrugged her shoulders and looked at Aster. "You don't think it'd be cool? All pale and clammy with tattered clothes?"
           "I guess, but I think this is really cool too."
           "What are you, some kind of tree-hugger?"
           "Well, now, I just like to find the beauty in the world."
           Leena leaned back, putting her hand on her chin and giving Aster a shocked look. "Well, Aster, I didn't know you were such a sensitive guy! I learn something new every day."
           "I'm not that sensitive," Aster said, looking at the ground. "I just know we're part wolf, and that's gotta mean something with nature, right? I mean, were we intended to live in the forest or in a house? We have one side of each."
           "So you believe in the old ways?"
           Aster's eyes grew dark and he could tell by the way Leena recoiled that he'd given her a nasty look. "No, I don't. The old ways are what killed my father."
           "But you just said you don't know where we're supposed to live."
           "I don't, but we've made the decision to live like humans and that's what we should do. If we're going to live like humans, then we can't go around murdering each other to obtain a higher position in life."
           "Humans murder each other every day."
           "That doesn't make it right. They get punished for it. Wolves should be punished for murder just the same."
           "And what would you do, Mr. Junior Alpha?"
           "What?" Aster turned back to her, trying to hide the shock on his face. "What are you talking about?'
           "Don't think I can't tell how you try to be like my dad. You've even grown your hair out like him. I know you want to be alpha, I can tell."
           "Well, that's a joke," Aster said, looking away. "Everyone knows Rowan is next in line to be alpha."
           "What if Rowan doesn't want to be alpha?"
           "He does, so there's no need talking about it."
           "He does?" Leena asked, giving Aster a knowing look. "You could've fooled me. So let's just say he doesn't."
           "Then I would lead the way your father taught me."
           "Daddy doesn't like the old ways."
           "Neither do I."
           "But he still observes the old ways to appease the older wolves like Forrest."
           Aster looked back at the ground, trying to fight back the anger inside of him. He would have to work with Forrest if he was ever head alpha, because he couldn't kill the bastard. His father knew what he was getting into, that much was true.
           "I would concede on some things to keep harmony," Aster said. "But on other things there would be no compromise. There wouldn't be any of this challenging for an alpha position and fighting to the death. There wouldn't be any more shifting and terrorizing humans who got too close to our land. There would be no more eye for an eye."
           "And you think you can enforce this, Aster?"
           "I would do my best, Leena, I promise."
           Leena smiled and laid her head on Aster's shoulder. "I think you'd be a good alpha, Aster, but I think we'd lose our wolf under you."
           "Why do you say that?" Aster asked. He could feel goose bumps all over his body as a shiver ran down his spine. Her hair felt so soft, her skin so smooth and her smile was so beautiful. He could live in this moment for the rest of his life with the most beautiful girl he'd ever met resting peacefully against him.
           "You want to get rid of the old ways," she said, not moving her head. "That's what keeps us tied to our wolf. Without them we're just humans who can turn into wolves hanging out and living human lives. Why would you ever need to shift after that?"
           "Why do we need to shift?" Aster asked. "We can