Chapter 13: Chapter 12: Divine Message

Tess struggled with her pants, trying to put them on in a way that both wouldn’t cover the yellow-blond wolf tail she currently had and would cover the rest of her sufficiently. It…wasn’t going well, and she was glad she had anticipated something like this happening and made Ellie leave her room.

Eventually, she took one of her old pairs of pants and put it on backwards, unzipping the zipper just enough to let her tail out. Then, she got one of her belts and fastened it as tight as it would go, preventing the pants from falling off so long as she didn’t move too much and was cautious when she did.

Finally, she opened the door and let Ellie in.

“No. Way.” Ellie whispered, “It’s even more adorable than I ever would have thought.”

Tess fidgeted uncomfortably. “Really? It seems like the kind of thing that wouldn’t be as nice in reality as it is in pictures.”

Ellie hesitated for a long moment before replying. “Well, it probably a personal thing, then, because I disagree.” She looked to the side embarrassedly, “Um, can I…touch them?”

“Um…sure, I guess. Just be gentle.”

Tess flinched as Ellie began to gently stroke her tail.

“Are you OK? Does it feel bad?” Ellie asked, withdrawing her hand.

“No, it was just…unexpected. It felt different than anything I’ve felt before, I can’t really describe it aside from that. Not bad, though.”

Ellie hesitantly returned to stroking the tail.

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