"You could, if you wanted to," Patience said. She didn't know what exactly she had said to make her sister frown - was she not supposed to recognize and accept that her sister liked fighting, did important work for the government that involved hurting and killing bad people? - but she didn't press the subject, not wanting to get into a fight. "But you don't have to. I wanted to... I like the idea of getting it done right as things are changing, as I'm getting used to this new side of me. Starting to like it, even. A little."
Was that something she shouldn't admit? She knew it bothered Chastity a lot more than it bothered her, though Chastity's concerns were mostly for her safety. "It's not something that I ever would have said I wanted to happen to me, but it's not the worst thing in the world, to turn into a wolf every month. When I'm not hurting anyone, when I'm in control of myself... it opens up a whole different world of possibility. I choose to see that side of it, is all."