# Chapter One - It Begins...
She was falling. But... Where to? She didn't know. No wait...
She was running. But from whom? She didn't know. Would she ever? Probably not.
Carina found herself jerking awake, cuddled in the arms of her stuffy teddy, aptly named Teddy. She smiled and gave the poor old bear an eskimo kiss on the nose before flipping and standing, the musty barn she was staying in her only sight. It was old and musty and nasty but best of all, it was abandoned. Sure, she'd been saved by that wolf pack earlier in the year but that didn't mean she owed them anything, right?
Wrong.
The hairs on the back of her neck stood as she changed into her animal form. She growled at the intruder, showing her white teeth. After a few moments, she let out a loud menacing bark, meant to scare away any straddlers. Of course, this was no straddler. This was Kaln. That damned Alpha Male. She scoffed at him before turning tail on him.
**"What do you want?"** She barked, both figuratively and literally.
**"I figure you owe us for saving your ass last month. That hunter was going to eat you for breakfast. So, I'm here to give you an assignment."** He began, walking in like he owned the place. Carina was trying to collect her clothes which were now scattered about the room.
**"Alright. So, what? What are you going to make me do?"** She asked through the clothes in her mouth.
**"Find someone for us. There's a man who stole something from us and we also need you to look for the hunter that attacked you. So, we'll be sending you into the city to find him and this.. item. Catch is, you'll have to play pet for a while."** Kaln explained, sighing because he knew how she would react.
**"I am NOT some pet!"** She growled, dropping the clothes to the floor to snarl at Kaln.
**"Just, bare with us. It shouldn't be all that bad. You'll be feed, you'll be taken care of and you'll even be given the freedom to roam around the city as you please. As a human, anyway."** He explained, shaking his head. **"Anyway, just think about it Carina. I'll be back to pick you up."** He told her before leaving.
-- Several Days Later --
_I told myself I was going to regret this and here I am. Regretting this._
Carina took in a deep breath as Kaln, in his human form, placed her on the doorstep of some guy's apartment. He rang the door bell and calmly walked away, waiting for the stranger to pick her up. On her name tag it read, "CC" and there was a note attached to her forehead. She still didn't quite know what it said as she couldn't read it and she probably looked like a fool with her eyes crossed, trying to see what it said. Probably something about their unexpected son and how they couldn't keep her anymore and didn't want to take her to the pound. Ugh...
She stopped when she heard someone coming to the door. Her new.. owner.
_Yay._