Chapter 104

She shifted faster than Conor, and Martha squeaked. “It’s so fast.”

“It is fast. The older the wolf, and more practice they’ve had, the faster they are. As you can see, they have to rearrange a lot of their skeletal structure to shift. There are bones, muscles, and tissue, tearing themselves apart and putting itself back together. The fact that they can do so means they can tolerate a lot of injuries without ill effect. In my self-defense classes, I’ve stabbed Conor and Brigitte multiple times, and you won’t find a scar on them. They don’t get sick, or carry diseases, which is why you can be guaranteed a healthy child.”

“Wait a minute,” Douglas said, “if they’re so healthy, why can’t they have a child?”

“I’m glad you asked that, Douglas, because we’re getting to the root of werewolves’ problems. If they procreate in their human forms, they produce humans. If one of them has sex with Martha as a human, she’ll have a human baby, just like any other human baby. You wo