The almost haunted tone behind Dante’s voice had Mj wondering what the hell kind of shower he had taken, but she tucked the thought away and headed for the bathroom once more.  As she looked at herself in the mirror and almost ritualistically grabbed for the hair tie she had on her wrist she paused and thought about what Dante had said, about wanting to see it free, Mj combed her fingers through her hair mindlessly as she thought about what to do.She shook her head out and inspected the way her hair fell in lazy twisted tendrils, like deep red seaweed drifting on the ocean’s surface. “Beautiful” the word tenderly drifted into her mind and Mj smiled when she felt the wolf’s warmth invade her body like a warm blanket. She hummed in satisfaction and closed her eyes to soak up the feeling “welcome back” she whispered out loud and Theron

By the time Lou and Mj had reached the corridor she had so much information crammed into her brain she couldn't even think, “holy fuck Lou...you and my mom….I mean holy fuck Lou!” The older man laughed deep in his belly and Mj noticed that the lines in his face almost seemed to turn upward like his entire body was smiling. Mj took a deep breath and looked at the closed door at the end of the hall, she knew Dante was on the other side and she sighed out loud, not meaning to.    Lou chuckled and the sound was almost muffled behind his closed mouth, “stop worrying Molly, you defended more than your right to call him mate when you won that challenge girl...you won his respect.” Mj looked at Lou and although she knew he was trying to make her feel better, right now it did the opposite, as Mj tried to take several deep breaths to control herself

Mj opened her eyes and tried to blink the sleep away but her sight would not clear, she tried to rub her eyes and noticed that she had no hands, “am I dreaming” she thought to herself and suddenly a soft low purring sound trickled in from behind her. Mj turned her head and could feel the electric strings playing their familiar song “Dante” she whispered but Theron’s body came into clear view. “Theron” she said in a slight whisper and he hung his head whimpering. “I’m asleep,”she said and he gave her a curt nod, Mj moved her body forward until she was in front of the defeated looking creature.  “Did you know about us” she asked and he raised his head to meet her eyes. “Not the boy” he answered and Mj cocked her head

Mj could feel Theron trying to console her wounded pride and she tried to be grateful, but she really just wanted to be in her emotions at the moment and was pleasantly surprised when the wolf backed off into her subconscious and she sighed in relief, as she approached Dante he was looking down at her with his arms crossed. “I’m sorry” she almost whispered and Dante reached forward and handed her a hair tie. “I’m not... you have spent this entire morning without your security blanket wrapped around your head, I'm proud of you...and I can’t wait to see you in a gold dress.” Mj blushed and snatched the hair tie from Dante before she thrust her hair into a messy bun at the base of her skull.Mj turned when Moxie and Jay came rushing up to her, “nice job Em, a few more sparring matches like that and you could give the comman

The sun was setting by the time the door to the dress shop burst open again and the now rowdy group of chipping and chatting wolves were as animated as a theatrical group after a final performance and as the two larger males came up the rear Moxie deviously reached out and snatched the very intricately wrapped dress Mj was holding out of her hands, “Mox you shit...give it back” Mj laughed and Moxie held the garment up to himself and began to twirl, “I want to be the prettiest puppy under the full moon,” he sang with a higher pitch to his voice and Mj laughed as she shook her head. “Tell you what Mox we can trade...I will take the awful suit Jay says you always wear and you can wear my dress...better yet let’s trade dates, Jay looks like he would have more fun with me anyway.” Although the core of the group laughed, Mj noticed that Moxie’s mood had changed and Jay se