“You started your own werewolf group?” I cocked my brow. This was getting weirder and weirder.
“Yes, the WAG group. It stands for Werewolf Advocacy Group. But we just think of it as the Werewolves are Great group,” she smiled widely.
I looked closely at the three of them. All of them were looking at me with shiny eyes. Could they be telling the truth?
“Umm, WAG? What is that all about?”
“Our group supports equal rights for werewolves. We think werewolves are awesome. We would like to become one—just like you. We are hoping…” she paused, smiling nervously as she looked at her two friends, “we are hoping you will bite us, so we can become werewolves too.”
Oh my God! Were these people for real? They wanted me to bite them?
“What the heck!” I exclaimed.
“Yeah,” Arturo said, “Werewolves are super cool, not to mention hot and sexy. We love them! There are a lot of members in our group. We all want to become werewolves.”
“Just wait till they find out we talked to you in person. They will be so jealous!” Aimee chimed in.
“It would be so neat to be a werewolf,” Lina added dreamily.
“I don’t know what to say,” I replied cautiously. The truth was, for once in my life I was speechless. Who would have thought that a group of people would want to become werewolves? Here they were, looking at me like I was some big celebrity or the President of the United States. All those stares and the giggling I had interpreted as hatred towards me were actually because they were excited.
“Wow, I guess that is really cool,” I said slowly. God, that sounded so lame. I felt like I should be giving a huge speech, but this had caught me so off guard.
“Can you tell us more about what it is like being a werewolf?” Aimee asked.
“Yes. We want to know everything!” said Lina.
“How do you even know I am a werewolf for sure?”
Aimee, Arturo and Lina smiled at one another. “We have a friend in the government division of Homeland Security.”
Oh boy. I had overheard Karen from the WHO group say she had a friend who worked for Homeland Security that had leaked information to her about the werewolves. It sounded like she wasn’t the only one. Just a few more leaks and the whole country would know what really happened. There was no sense launching into the “official” cover up story the government had given me to share if I was questioned because it was obvious these three knew the truth.
“Well, I really can’t discuss this. But one thing is for sure, I definitely won’t bite you. Even if I was a werewolf … and I am not saying I am, but if I was, I would wind up in jail for sure.”
“That sucks,” Aimee said. Lina’s face crumbled, heartbroken.
It was hard to believe that someone who had never been a werewolf would deliberately want to be turned into one. I mean, now as a werewoman, I couldn’t imagine going back to my former self … I have super senses, after all. But they had never experienced what I had. Before I turned, I never would have dreamed of wanting to become one.
“I’m curious—why would you all want to become werewolves?”
“Freedom—the ability to run wild and free, that would be awesome,” Aimee said wishfully.
“And it’s so hot and sexy!” Arturo added. I shook my head, trying not to laugh. Didn’t he say that before? He really seemed to be focused on the ‘hot and sexy’ aspect of being a werewolf.
“I don’t know. I think it would be fun,” Lina rubbed her face. “Everyone says it would be cool.”
“…ok...” I spoke aloud. This all seemed really weird to me, so maybe the best thing I could do was to gather all the information I could about them. “So, tell me more about your group.”
Arturo’s face lit up. “Well, I started the WAG group because I wanted all the shifters to know that we love them. The WHO is getting a lot of press for being against the werewolves, and someone needed to show support for them instead. It’s not a campus group or anything, but neither is the WHO.”
“What does the group do?”
“We have meetings and talk about what it would be like to be a werewolf.” Lina exclaimed. “I think it would be awesome!”
“We’re also staging a protest against the WHO,” Aimee added.
“And,” Arturo said, “We have talked about lobbying the government for new laws so that werewolves can’t be harassed. I mean, this is terrible the way you are being treated. Everyone should have equal rights.”
“But the government hasn’t said that werewolves exist. So way would they write laws against their harassment?”
“We are working on full disclosure from the government.” Arturo said. “It is going to happen.” He added confidently.
It was exciting to see all this support and it seemed genuine. But was it? I was anxious to talk to Dave and Todd and see what they thought. I nodded my head. “Well, I have to get going, but I will see you all around I’m sure.”