Tess grinned at Greymane hesitantly. No one had every really asked her to Change before. The few people she'd told about her Ulven blood had quickly left her. So she had stopped telling people.
Then she remembered how fast she had been to stalk that chicken. She would have to be careful, she knew. She didn't want to slaughter the cow, or the calf, or any of the animals on the farm. She had a feeling that Greymane was testing her.
She walked into the tangly woods, stripped out of her clothes, and Changed, with only a tremor of discomfort.
Looking at the farm through a wolf's eyes left Tess feeling wild. Reckless. Food was everywhere. The lazy cows, slow chickens, and the smell of more to come? Not to mention the strong scent of human that lingered on the wind.
Tess shook her head. She wasn't even hungry - and why would she eat Greymane? The thought troubled and repulsed her.
But still, the bounty of meat here was much more than she had found on her meager raids in the town's woods. She had to stay out of the way of hunters, which was hard in itself, but there was no prey at all there. The hunters had hunted most of the meat.
Tess snarled in disgust, determined not to let her deep-set hunger mess this up for her. She meekly walked to the spot where Greymane had left the burlap bag, the sights and smells a bit overwhelming.
Greymane folded his clothes next to the bush. Changing was hard on his old bones, but exhilarating once done. The smells and sounds hit him in the nose like a bat. His nose worked, quivering as he resisted running off for a good roll in the dirt. He had eaten pretty good today, and a good roll and a nap in the sun seemed like a really great idea. Stopping, he sniffed again, catching wind of a she-wolf nearby. He trotted out, a gruff woof in greeting. He held out his tail, his head up. His grayed out muzzle and torn ear belied his resilience and strength from years of toil, only now just waning. He stopped, waiting for her to approach him. He looked at her, his ears pointed forward.
