Out Of Hand

'Perfect,' grunted my mouse, a small smile starting to form on her face. 'Let's go do that.'

 

'We can't,' I argued with a sign. 'We need to deal with the Shifter's Council and with all the released shifters. They need to be taken care of.'

 

'Who says?' asked my mouse, tilting her head to the side. 'Who says that you have to be the one to do all that?'

 

'Because I am both a Luna and an Alpha. It is my responsibility to look after those things,' I replied, letting out a long sigh. The more my mouse spoke, the more I just wanted to retreat into my lab with my mates and forget that the rest of the world existed. But I couldn't.

 

Despite what my mouse said, I couldn't.