" Alek rushed back into the bedroom and slammed to a halt. Lying on the bed, licking its right front leg, was a large, white wolf with a dark streak at the back of its neck. "Shitshitshitshitshitshit," he mumbled.

The wolf turned and looked at him. Jo's blue eyes. Shiiit.

"Nod if you can understand me," he said.

Jo nodded and bared her teeth.

"Was that a smile?"

Another nod.

"Well, don't do it again. It scared me. "

― Barbara Elsborg , Falling for You (Trueblood, #2)