#Chapter 11 – A Celebrity Case

I sigh, arms crossed, as I watch the cars pull away with my boys, saying a silent prayer. In my heart, I know Victor will keep them safe, but still – a mother’s fears run deep.

After the car moves out of my sight I turn and head back into my house, shifting into counselor mode. I wasn’t kidding when I told Victor I had a big day planned – but it’s less spa and more work, unfortunately. I’ve got bills to pay.

I head into my office and quickly straighten up some loose papers on my desk, nudging my grey armchair back into its place parallel to the green velvet loveseat where my clients sit. The boys must have been in here, fooling around.

As I put finish up, I hear a knock on my office’s outside door. Susan, right on time.

Susan rushes through the door as soon as I pull it open, a pink scarf draped over her head to obscure her face. Poor Susan – she’s always so ashamed of coming to see me for counseling, not wanting anyone to see her come in or out.

“I don’t think anyone’s looking, Susan,” I say gently, but I draw the shades closed anyway.

“Oh, you never know!,” she laughs. “Can’t be too careful.” She gives me a sunny smile that I know she doesn’t feel.

I take my pen and notebook off of the desk and neatly fold myself into my chair, pulling on a cardigan that I folded over the back. More professional, I think, than my silk-and-lace remember-that-time-you-knocked-me-up dress.

“So, Susan,” I say, getting right into it, “Have you and Adrian tried any of the role playing techniques that we talked about last session?”

Susan laughs awkwardly and blushes. I smile and wait patiently for her to respond. Susan came to me about six months ago, desperate to fix her relationship. She and Adrian are deeply in love but, as with many werewolf/human couples, they have some trouble connecting in the bedroom.

“Yes,” Susan finally says, smiling coyly. “We were able to find some ways to engage in…”

“Roleplay…” I suggest softly

“Mmhmm!” she says, her lips pursed. “It allowed us to move more slowly, so that we could incorporate more…” she blushes again.

“Foreplay?” I offer.

Susan is beat

great, Susan! And did you find that

face with her hands to hide her deep blush, but I can see her smile. “Yes! I did. It definitely allowed me to be

of you,” I finish for her. Susan

“I’d be better at enunciating what I mean. I mean, you know all the intimate details of my s*x life but I still struggle to say…p***s” she whispers the last

a long time to figure out what I like in bed and how to talk about it. And you have the added dimension of having to learn how to adapt to another species. You should go easier

to successfully communicate your need for more foreplay, it sounds like a success. How did…the rest

slightly and I lean forward, ready to listen. “Well,” she said. “All of the roleplay got Adrian really worked

tell me more. “Well…he bit me, a little bit.” I raise my eyebrows and try to suppress

problem for you?” I

t-shirt and showing me a ring

I say. “Did it

she says softly, “but in a

a violent act, of course, but between a wolf and his mate it’s a sign of arousal, and affection, and claiming. When he bites you, does it feel like he wants to hurt

head slowly, “No,” she says. “I can feel that he wants me, but not that he wants me to suffer. It also heals, like,

normal,” I say, peering at it. “Wolf wounds work faster, it’s in

to me, a tremor of fear in her voice. “Am I…am I

watched too many movies. Lycanthropy isn’t transferred through bites, it’s genetic,

so they will likely present as full wolves. But you, my dear, will stay safely as a human.” I see Susan huff

leaning forward. “He shouldn’t be biting you like that if you and he haven’t had a conversation about

you’re human and that he needs to ask you to consent to things that you’re unfamiliar with. He loves you, and you deserve

with a mating bond out when they met by accident in an Applebee’s parking lot. It will be

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