I woke up this morning safe, that was my first thought, safe. I was still in Adam's arms and he was sleeping peacefully holding me. It was morning because it was still dark, I knew I'd been given some medicine, and I could still feel the effects of it, but it wasn't keeping me asleep anymore. Adam looked young and innocent, restful. He didn't look old when he was awake but he always had this kind of charge about him. As if he had to keep himself in check all the time. Controlled and now in sleep he was free of whatever that might be. He was warm, safe and tightly clinging to me. I tried to move and his hands tightened their grip and he growled sleepily in my ear " Don't run away yet, Mimi nowhere, try to go back to sleep." I relaxed because I had no choice. I closed my eyes and let my mind wander, I had fallen asleep at some point because the next time I woke up Adam had already left.

I was still a bit groggy and I realized that somewhere along the line more medicine had come. I looked at the clock and it was 13. Adam came into the room with a big tray, as if he'd heard me wake up, which he probably did. I got into a better position and went to eat. I asked Adam " Am I supposed to sleep all the time or can I be awake sometimes?" Adam laughed and said "Actually, you need rest and lots of it young lady, just take the attitude that you will have a very long night's sleep from now on. Now let's try for a whole week to keep you properly asleep every day and you can eat and do a bit. If we can help your metabolism and fitness at all with some good rest. " I sighed and continued eating. Let's not bake yet, then, as I need to rest first.

I had now been in sleep therapy for a week. My sleep started at 8 or 9 pm with Adam and I woke up at 2 or 3 pm. to eat, to shower, and maybe to read a little. Usually, most of my waking hours were spent in the medbay downstairs, as Samuel wanted to study some part of me almost every day. One of his concerns was my body temperature. I couldn't maintain it enough and so I was almost always a degree or two below normal and according to Samuel that affected everything. Samuel had researchers who were trustworthy and had given them my results and data and so on. The researchers always wanted new tests and had always found something new to study with Samuel. They had developed an intravenous nutrient concentrate that was dripped into my veins whenever I slept and as I mentioned I slept a lot. Samuel could be creative and clever. For example, he hid the drip tray and bags so that I wouldn't see them when I woke up. If I woke up in the middle of everything which I had done a couple of times.

I'd gained a couple of kilos of weight and it actually made me feel refreshed and strong. Samuel protected a couple of my kilos and continued my sleep therapy. I already wanted to do something. Samuel gave me three days where I wouldn't have to sleep so much. Oh, I went baking. First I went through the cupboards and everything before my three days and ordered supplies from Adam. By the time my three days came, I'd be ready. First I made a bun, made a liter of dough, and had two eager male friends. I showed them how to roll the buns and made cinnamon and chocolate and butter buns. Let's just say there were none left for the next day. Then a meat pie. I deliberately didn't explain what I was doing because I wanted to show and I wanted there to be surprises. I also made a doughnut batter to go. Then I took the frying fat and put it on to heat. The two very protective werewolf males fried everything though because I might burn myself. Donuts and meat pies are done. I had boiled eggs and asked for cooked ham, now I stuffed the egg and cooked ham with butter and salt into the meat pie and started eating, again the two werewolf males did the same and started working on other stuffings. I made cookies. I felt that no matter what I did, everything would sink in and nothing would be saved. Adam said " You know Mimi, I've now studied buns, doughnuts, meat pies, and cookies. Now I can make them myself. Thanks for the lesson. "

Oh, that's the sort of case. The next day I made bun dough again, I made berry pies, braids, curd pies, kisses. And again Adam was stunned. He was just starting to think about all the things you can make with buns. I made bread, curd bread actually. Again, the bread disappeared fresh out of the oven. So did the cream puffs. On the third day, I made rice pies, again meat pies. Donuts and then dumplings. Everything once again sank in. Then it was back to sleep time. This time I would sleep 20 hours a day in an adult incubator made by Samuel's research team. I was pretty confused about it, but I had to be.

I would go to bed as usual with Adam and Samuel would then move me when it was time for me to go to the incubator Samuel said " You will then be on some pretty strong drugs that you have never experienced before, you can and will be groggy, tired, sedated. I'll wake you up for a couple of hours to eat and go to the toilet, shower, or whatever you can do. Then back to the incubator where you'll be given the drops. These drops are again a very strong anesthetic, you'll fall asleep sufficiently. We'll see how this treatment works. Since your body clearly still needs rest, if I can get your metabolism to calm down with this, that's a plus. " I went to bed with Adam at night and it is so incredibly safe to fall asleep to. I realized that one of the things I miss is the security and the feeling of safety. I fell asleep and didn't dream. I woke up to Samuel calling me. I was incredibly tired and there was no way I wanted to wake up. I was in an incubator. It was warm. I had a sheet on but otherwise, I was naked under it. It was a plexiglass box, big enough for me to turn over and sleep if I wanted to put my feet up differently. It had armholes, just like a normal incubator.

Samuel opened the lid " Morning sleeping beauty, would you come and have a bite to eat, you've slept for 30 hours straight in there, must be quite a nice place. I thought sourly " Or maybe I'm just so well-medicated." I sat up and Samuel handed me a nightgown to put on. The normal room air felt cold and Samuel gave me a thick dressing gown. And then to eat, first I put on my lovely fuzzy slippers. Adam was in the kitchen and said " Oh, you do wake up now and then" and laughed hoarsely. I didn't say anything as I was still sleepy and a bit hungry. Adam guided me back to the table and started to carry the food in front of me. Again I ate as much as I could and a little more. I was still tired and considered going back to the incubator to continue my sleep. Adam ordered me to shower first and again dry and did my hair. Only then was I allowed to go back? I took the drops Samuel gave me but I fell asleep in about five minutes when he put the lid on and a cover to make it dark. it wasn't a scary place at all it was safe again. That's what I was looking for. I was disturbed almost every time I had to get up and go to eat or take a shower. For some reason, my body had now figured out sleep, and the drugs kept the nightmares away so I slept. And a lot. After two weeks, Adam and Samuel decided to wean me off the incubator. Bran had visited one day but I had been asleep and didn't wake up, even though he had tried to wake me.

By now I should be awake I had gained 8 kilos, my metabolism had dropped by 40% and now Samuel wanted to see if I was already maintaining my body temperature. When the drugs started to wear off two days after I woke up I started to feel pretty great. Now it would be my turn to try a change of shape. Adam would help and they were both looking forward to meeting Mimosa. Mimosa was going to have trials and tests and lots of meat. Samuel and Adam wanted to see how much I could actually eat in my wolf form. We went down to the basement, where there was a safe space. Adam said " There is nothing to be afraid of, you can't do anything to me, don't even think you're powerful, now just relax and let the Mimosa come out. I want the Mimosa to come out first, you'll get your turn. ' Adam did something, he used his power to make me change shape. It felt like he was sort of pulling me in a very strange way. I felt the first cramp as my knee went out from under me and the second. I tried to relax, listen to Adam and let the form come out. The further the shape change went on the further away I sort of went, I could feel the Mimosa coming out.

Adam watched as the Mimosa lifted her head and shook herself and said " Well that was it, oh hey I'm the Mimosa, we haven't officially met yet, my alpha." Adam smiled and said "Nice to meet you Mimosa, as you know I'm Adam Hauptmann, Alpha. And over there is Samuel Cornick, the Pack Doctor he would also like to examine you, but first come over here and let me examine you myself. You're huge, usually, a wolf correlates with a human and I would have assumed that a Mimi would have a very tiny wolf. But you two are quite unique, so as far as the two of you are concerned it's not worth assuming anything. You are very unique. " Mimosa walked over to Adam. Adam stroked this huge but very skinny wolf. The mimosa was remarkably long-haired and thick-haired. Adam smiled at the thought of letting Mimosa come out and put Mimi in wolf form on the couch and go brush her. After Adam, it was Samuel's turn and he too examined the Mimosa. Then the Mimosa was first taken to the medbay and Samuel took all the samples and scans he could think of. Mimosa was not afraid of needles or syringes. She didn't have the same problem. The only problem Mimosa had was the medication, she didn't want the medication.

After hours of examinations, it was Mimosa's next ordeal. How much Mimosa could eat? The men had carried the meat into the room next to the medbay and the Mimo was taken there. The men had put the meat into 10 kg portions and watched as portion after portion sank into the wolf. Mimosa ate her own weight, 60 kg of meat. Then they brought Mimosa up to the living room. Mimosa walked in a stylish manner and jumped onto the sofa and flopped down on her back, belly full of meat, and fell asleep.

I woke up on my back on the couch. I was still incredibly tired and still in wolf form. I walked around looking for the men. Adam met me. " Oh morning Mimi, come over here and we'll see how much of the meat was absorbed" he led me across the hall to a small medbay where Samuel was doing something. Samuel stood up and showed me the floor scale. I walked over to it " Not bad at all another 10 kilos left over not bad. " Samuel groped me next and said " Did you know that mimosa ate her own weight in meat, 60 kg. That's 10 kg more weight for a mimosa. I don't know how long it will last but it's very good. Now go with Adam and try to change yourself back into a human being. Adam will give you advice." I went after Adam and now he didn't pull me into the change but said "Look at your front paw, want it human. You'll feel a switch in your mind almost like that. Try it." Yeah, front paw, hand, front paw, hand, I wonder if that's the switch. The cramp that hit my leg said clearly that yes, I had got myself into human form in half an hour and I was exhausted. But no. By the medbay that Samuel had me weighed, I'd gained an extra two kilos. Samuel was thrilled. He tapped something on the computer and counted and said " That thing works, but you have to do it infrequently so the calories don't all go into it when you're changing shape all the time." I nodded and went to find something to read. Maybe this werewolf thing would slowly start to work from here.