"Perhaps it's for the best," Rose sighed. "I miss my tail."
"And maybe it'll be good for our families," Stacy added. "My wife loves cats."
"You know, I've always wondered how you managed to have kids with another woman, Stacy," Rose mused. "Doesn't getting pregnant require a man?"
"Brianna and I used a sperm donor," Stacy explained with a smile. "The wonders of human science."
"Allyson and I adopted," Monica chimed in. "And of course we also have the two kids Allyson had with her ex-husband before she came out as lesbian."
"I just did things the simple way and got myself some dick," Rose said, shaking her head and smiling.
"Do you think our spouses and kids will take our secret well?"
"Like I said, I know Brianna will love it," Stacy said. "She loves cats and lowkey wants to be one. She'd relish being a werecat. The kids are more of a mystery. Who the hell knows how they'd react?"
"I'm really not sure how Ryan would adapt to life in a nomadic werecat pride," Rose sighed. "He's so used to modern conveniences. And don't get me started how the kids would adapt to life without TikTok!"
"I always suspected this day might come," said Mary. "That's why Thomas and I raised our kids to not get too dependent on technology."
"Does Thomas know?" Monica asked.
"I've been hinting to him with decreasing subtlety levels for years," Mary answered. "He's practically figured it out. He certainly knows that I come from a nomadic extended family that I may have to return to, and I've given him plenty of reason to suspect that they may be supernatural."
"I haven't tried to hint to Allyson," Monica confessed, "but the spell did once short out for half a second in front of her. She got a glimpse of the real me and confronted me about it. I tried to tell her that the summer heat was making her hallucinate, but I doubt she believed me."
"Maybe that's a good thing," Mary said. "It'll make being recalled easier."
"Do you have any idea why the alpha's recalling us?" Stacy asked.
"No idea," Mary shrugged as she sipped her coffee. "It didn't seem like a good time to ask questions. We can take it up with the alpha when we get back to our pride. Right now we need to focus on getting back into our werecat forms and preparing our families."