"So, how did you meet your partner?” Ariel asked, throwing the question open to the crowd.

“I think most of us had similar experiences, but my own is the absolute best.” Jessica declared, standing up, just because she loved being dramatic.

“Show off. It is because she bagged a handsome mate despite her ugliness, and she is not going to let us rest.” Liza said, rolling her eyes, and Ariel barked into a short laugh in her hands.

“Let us hear your love story then.”

“Fine, so I was a young wolf, enjoying the human world only because I was running away from home. I was already past the age...