There is a difference between dreaming and pretend

[Deuce Rhiannon]

The idea of luperci vs non-luperci wasn't new to the pallid mother. In fact, beforre thanos, she herself had ben luperci nonessi. And she'd hated it. She'd hated being useless to the pack she'd joined. She couldn't hunt worth crap (still couldn't, really) and it had upset her to be a drain on their meager food soupply because she couldn't shift. In the pack she'd been raised in, shifters were revered, and non-shifters were frowned on. Seemed Umbra grew up differently.

There are all sorts in the world, she stated calmly. But in the end, tal, it's only what's ina wolf's heart that makes him stand out, not whether or not he can shift.