46 POV
A damn tree, the beast thing I'm supposed to call a mate, tied me to a tree like some stray mutt. I shift letting my wolf take control. I prefer this form, the other feels so naked and unstable. "Can we break it again?" I ask her as she struggles to slip it off again.
"Too tight" She growls back forcing us to shift back.
"What are you doing, why are you giving up, we need to get out of it so we can go home" I tell her.
"I am tired, you deal with this mate business. I don't want him to die, you need to find a way to escape him, keep him safe"
"then get me out of this"