Regina winced as the ground came rushing up to her, expecting pain from the collision. And while she did get a good jolt from being slammed down beneath him, the pain only made her growl with pleasure -- much as it might ordinarily if they were rough.

Her pain threshold was higher, her body younger and stronger, and her instincts responded to his greater strength with none of a human's overthinking about power.

The kiss swept through her, awakening the wolf within her. She kissed back and clawed at him, and between kisses and grapples, she told him, "We're doing this again. In wolf bodies."