Raquel’s POV

I pulled the ring off my finger, put it back on, and off again.

Doxy, human, and back.

All the forms me, but…

I slipped the ring back on and watched as my pointed ears shrunk down to human round, how the little green marks around my fingers faded so only dune-colored skin remained. Green leeching out of my hair, dark brown acceptable where different wasn’t. My eyes stayed their hazel but had ...