@CaitsA few seconds later and Claudia was back in her human form, hurriedly putting on the clothes the man had tossed to her and shaking her long black hair a little haughtily. She snorted indignantly towards the open door before glancing back at Callie. In the short span of time that they were together, the dark haired woman seemed to have lost all hostility towards the witch.
"That was the pack leader apparently. We are in the territory of Caius' pack," she explained then gestured with her head towards the open door.
"He's in there and he's alive."Without waiting for Callie to say anything, Claudia hurriedly walked towards the cabin's entrance.
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Inside, a huge black wolf almost identical to how Claudia looked in her own wolf form laid unmoving on the bed, the only indication of life was the up and down movement of his chest. Claudia felt her temper flare up at the poor condition of her brother. She hurried over to the bedside and then glared at the man that was standing just a few feet away.
"You allowed this to happen to Caius," she accused in a tone that was downright hostile.
"He saved me and all the wolves during the attack last night. He took the full brunt of a spell meant to kill us. I brought him here in the hopes that we'd be able to protect him if that witch decides to come after him," the man replied.
Claudia's blue eyes flashed with anger.
"How do you plan on protecting my brother if all of you had to depend on him to save your asses from some stupid spell? Why has he not reverted to his human form yet? The full moon has already passed. Was it some sort of curse?" she fired one question after the other.
The man calmly shook his head.
"I... have no idea. After he passed out, we were expecting that he would revert back. But even when the sun had already risen in the sky, he still remained a wolf. Perhaps something in that spell...?" he turned his attention to Callie.
"Would you know anything about it?"Claudia made a low growling sound in her throat as though she was still a wolf. Her stance and the way her hands shook in anger made it obvious that she was trying to control the anger that was threatening to spill over.
"What kind of pack leader are you?" she spatted out.
"A good one," came Caius' soft voice. He was human again. And naked.
"Calm down, Claudia," he added as he struggled to sit up.
Claudia's eyes widened and relief washed over her face as she looked down at her brother. She didn't seem to mind that he was stark naked as she leaned forward and enveloped the obviously still tired Caius in a huge hug. A few seconds passed before she pulled back and scowled at him.
"What the hell, Caius!?"Caius gave his sister a weak grin.
"Glad to see you too, Claudia," he said before glancing at Callie.
"I must have worried you, Callie. I'm sorry," he apologized.