"I'm truly sorry for keeping you indoors, I would've given you a good tour of the pack but unfortunately, we're currently battling a virus" Daniel apologized for the umpteenth time to the genuinely surprised Lia at the dinning table.
It was late already and yes, they had spent a considerable amount of time getting to know each other - well she got to know about the werewolf community.
Thanks to that, Lia got to know that a werewolf has to be born or made, making her a made werewolf ; infected by a near-death mauling.
Apparently she was strong enough and had survived and gotten infected with the virus, since lycanthropy was an extremely aggressive genetic mutation that jumps to the host with the spread of genetic material.
After then she would heal and transform at the moon phase, or while experiencing a period of intense emotion and afterwards begin to shift at will.
" I don't understand, I thought you guys don't get sick? " Lia asked completely confused.
