so easily.
She paused to consider the rest of the plan. Here she’d come to Serene to bury her provocative ways and play the part of the good girl. Who would have thought she’d have to draw on her feminine wiles to get her out of suburbia alive? Good thing her parents weren’t here to witness what they’d consider an act of rebellion. After all, it wasn’t like she could tell them that she had to release her wild sexy side because she was a were-cat trying to trick an entire town.
And one lycan in particular.
Chapter Thirteen
Jaclyn slept in late, which, she’d quickly come to learn, was exactly what was expected of any human after surviving a lycan bite or, rather, a lycan “marking.” From what Sunray had explained to her, a human needed rest and nourishment while adjusting to the radical changes that would take place inside the body.
She used the quiet time wisely, reading, researching, and learning everything she could about the lycan species, and about canines in general. She’d also come to learn that silver really was the only thing that could kill a lycan, and during their shift, as they morphed from man to wolf, they were defenseless, which made them especially vulnerable to an attack.
Forty-eight hours later, after having studied all things werewolf, she left her house and stepped out into the bright morning sunshine. And once again, as she ventured into the town, she found herself having to masquerade as something she wasn’t.
The first thing Jaclyn did upon her “awakening” was make her way to the department store for a new wardrobe. Since lycans were as libidinous as panthers, maybe even more so, she couldn’t go around dressed in her staid attire.
With Sunray’s help she went on a shopping spree, refilling her closet with an assortment of sexy clothing, similar to the ones she’d left behind when she’d first begun her quest to mend her wicked ways.
Feeling much more comfortable and at home in a short flirty miniskirt and sexy top that exposed her midriff, Jaclyn made her way with Sunray to the hairdresser in search of a hot new look for Jaclyn. She asked the stylist to cut off all her long hair, then give her a short, wild, curly bob and light blond highlights that matched the color of a wheat field. The shade looked pretty next to her new silver contacts, even though she couldn’t wait to get rid of them so she could proudly display her new green flecks to her alpha mate.
She couldn’t afford to slip from her role for one minute, so she paraded herself around town to make sure everyone witnessed the changes taking place in her. She strived to leave no question in anyone’s mind that Vall had indeed marked her.
Later that day, during their lunch break, Jaclyn and Sunray stopped by the body-piercing boutique to get belly rings, completing their sexy, sultry look before they headed back to work.
Back at the department store, now that Jaclyn had been marked, she’d suddenly become accepted by the community. The town’s women had begun to step up to the counter—an effort to welcome her into their secret society, she supposed. Even the lady whose daughter she’d nearly killed with chocolate had suddenly turned friendly.
They bought skin-care products that they didn’t need, and would probably never use, as well as an abundance of makeup supplies. Much to her surprise and delight, Vasenty Cosmetics began to fly off the shelf. After all, wasn’t that one of the main reasons she’d moved to Serene in the first place?
Later that night at Vibes, she learned that since Jaclyn and Sunray had been growing tighter by the day, Vall had tasked Sunray with the responsibility of initiating Jaclyn into the brethren. It was Sunray’s job to guide Jaclyn through all the changes taking place inside her body and mind. To teach the new “cub” exactly what she’d become before the first full moon and to school her in the ways of the wolf. Sunray was required to stay with her day and night, to help ease her into her first full shift before she handed Jaclyn over to Vall. He’d then take her for a run in the outskirts, and come morning he’d expect her to submit to her alpha and bond with him sexually, in animal form, before he offered her body to the rest of the pack. Jaclyn shivered just thinking about such a horrendous thing.
It truth, it seemed odd that Vall