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that soon I’ll find out if I’m still human or not.  I don’t feel any different. Tom said that I wouldn’t. I don’t know.”
    Even though she tried to hide it, I knew she was scared and I was scared for her. “If it’s any consolation, I still feel human even though I never was, I guess. We’ll get through this. I’ll be there no matter what.” Only the rustling of her moving, probably on her bed, came after my words. “Maggs.” Her name was as much as a question as it was a statement.
    “Eme, it’s just that I would prefer you not be there when the time comes.” She could have slapped me and it wouldn’t have stung more. “Tom says I have to be naked,” she said. Hurrying on, she added. “I get to wear a robe until my bones start snapping.  I don’t want you to see my like that.” She sounded defeated. 
    Who was I to be angry with her request? “Maggs, it’s fine. I’ll be there body or spirit. However you want me.”
    “Thanks,” she said.
    Curiosity got the better of me. “Who will be there?”
    She got quiet again and it spoke volumes. Somehow, I guessed her answer. “Tom and… Luke and Doug of course.”
    Luke, my Luke. Feeling a bit possessive even though I loved Maggie like a sister, I thought about how she said there would be nudity. “Why Luke?” I asked and hoped I didn’t sound as jealous as I felt.
    “Since there will be two of us, Tom needed help.  Brent is out of the question and no way is Flynn getting a glimpse.” I counted my breaths trying not to yell at her that my boyfriend didn’t need to see her naked either. “Luke is an angel for Christ sake. I mean, the way he hasn’t tried to get you naked shows he is trustworthy.”
    “Maggs,” I groaned. There was so much I hadn’t shared.  Things I was ashamed that I’d stirred in him.
    “I get it Eme. I wouldn’t want your boyfriend to see me either. If I change, Tom will help me through and Luke will help Doug if that’s the case.  It’s just he’s the only other one I trust.  I know he won’t look just to see, you know.”
    As much as I hated it, I did get it.  As long as Luke was Luke, she was right.  “Yeah, you’re right.”
    “And, Eme, Tom said we will be wild with moon lust or something like that. I wouldn’t want to hurt you.”
    “I get it,” I said. And I did. 
    Sighing heavily, she said, “And another thing.”
    “What?” I asked. Not wanting to hear more about Luke being a saint.  A saint now tainted with my stain.
    “I’m sorry,” she said.
    Feeling like a jerk again because honestly, this couldn’t be easy on her, I added, “There is nothing to be sorry about.”
    “Yes, actually there is.” She paused and I didn’t speak because I wasn’t sure what this was about. “I understand now.”
    “Understand what?”
    “I get how confused you were or are about Flynn,” she said. That stopped my breath.  “I made it out like it was easy not to have feelings for more than one guy.  But the truth is, it’s complicated. I see that now.”
    “Doug?” I questioned.
    “Yes, I think I was afraid of how I felt about him before, you know.” She’d broken up with Doug when he confessed he loved her. “I left him because he was becoming so serious.  And now that he’s been here for me, I feel things.” At a loss for words, I kept quiet and she continued, “And as much as I want to hate Brent for doing this me, to us, I still love him.”
    “So what are you going to do?” I asked without judgment.
    “I don’t know. I’ve had time to see that Brent didn’t purposefully hurt us. Tom’s told me how Brent’s mating instinct is animalistic and he hasn’t been turned long enough to control it.  Still Doug has been nothing but stellar to me. I kissed him,” she confessed. “How could I tell him I’m thinking of going back to Brent after everything he did to us?”
    “You know I’m the last person to give you advice. I will say that Doug’s feelings shouldn’t