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Chapters (78)
  1. COVER
  2. Fluff
  3. PROLOGUE
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  53. CHAPTER FIFTY
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  63. CHAPTER SIXTY
  64. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  73. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  74. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  75. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  76. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  77. Epilogue
  78. About the Author

Emily set Teddy’s foot down, then tapped the other. “What’s it called?”

“Iron Bear!”

Emily wondered what that entailed, then remembered that she could look for herself. “Status: Iron Bear?”

Iron Bear
WereBear
Level 1
Allows you to turn your fur into iron spines for a period of one minute.
Activation: Thought
Cooldown: One hour

“Wow,” Emily said. “That sounds impressive.”

It did sound somewhat impressive. Not terribly imaginative, but certainly interesting. She imagined that it would make Teddy quite a bit more fearsome, and perhaps a little more dangerous.

“Yeah!” Teddy agreed, the pride in her voice and demeanor obvious. “Can I put some points into it? I wanna turn into an Iron Bear more often.”

“Um. Sure, but maybe save a couple in case you unlock another, better skill?”

Teddy nodded. “Yeah, yeah.”

“All done,” Emily said as she placed Teddy’s foot down. She brushed her pant leg and climbed to her feet. “Are you all ready?”

Teddy nodded.

“Good. Now, once we get there, don’t threaten the Heroes, or anyone else, and try to be nice. Remember, we’re trying to pass ourselves off as Heroes. I think Melaton will be around, so she can help us if we have questions. It’ll go well, I’m sure,” Emily said.

She really, truly, hoped that was the truth.

Emily picked up her backpack next to the door, then turned to make sure Teddy was following her. “Okay,” she said. “Athena, we’ll see you later, all right?”

“Of course,” Athena said.

“Um. Bye?”

With that awkward exchange out of the way, Emily took Teddy by the hand and headed out.

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

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Emily pulled out her phone while the elevator hummed its way down to the first floor. It stopped on the third floor and a pair of young men stepped in, but other than eyeing her briefly, they never spoke directly to her or Teddy, so she happily ignored them in favor of checking her texts.

There was one from Melanie, telling her to meet up by the parking lot next to the park on campus.

They reached the first floor and were out of the dormitory a moment later. “I’m going to end up being really fit if I keep having to walk so much,” Emily said.

Teddy looked her up and down in much the same way the boys in the elevator had. “That’s not so good,” she said. “If you want to find a good mate, you need to have healthy fur, and a nice big store of fat.” She patted her tummy. “Like this.”

Emily didn’t trip over her own feet, but it was a near thing. “T-Teddy, you’re not, um, looking for a boyfriend, right?” Emily asked.