I hadn't spent so much time in a human form since I'd been in the pack. Not fully human- the in-between form I'd been stuck in because I was too exhausted to switch back, and then too entertained to pick a form. There was something to be said about having the freedom of a human form and the senses of the wolf. No fur to get in the way but for my tail; after the first few hours, I figured out how to keep the aggravating thing from getting caught.
It was far more enjoyable than anything I'd experienced in quite a while. Especially since my thirst for blood had been well and truly sated before. There was nothing on my mind but the simple pleasure of enjoying my freedom.
At least not until I caught a scent, a familiar scent, at the very edge of my territory. It was too fresh to have been made when they were leaving, and I'd followed them as far as I could in my between form. Which meant… the idiot human was in my forest again, covered in the wounds I had left on him.