Thomas stood from the chair, his size shrinking the room, and the two reunited shifters embraced.

"You're alive," Grady choked out. 

"You sound surprised. You heard me howling the other night, didn't you."

I listened hard to Thomas, studying him through Sasha who cowered away from him. Everything he said sounded like a command but one you might not mind obeying, and his questions weren't really questions at all. He didn't move or gesture when he spoke ...