With Nothing Left, I Had Two Shifter Stepbrothers to Feed

Avery transmigrates into another world—and finds herself selling her own stepbrother to a slave trader. She looks at the arrogant buyer before her, then at the stepbrother behind her, his face empty of hope. She pushes away the beast crystals being offered. “I’m not selling him.” But after taking him home, she discovers they have nothing but bare walls. Without selling someone, they really might not survive. Her other stepbrother is away with the hunting party, but his share of the meat is barely enough to feed Avery alone. Three people in the household. Two going hungry. Yet both brothers work tirelessly, never complaining, too timid to stand up for themselves. What else can Avery do? She touches her own animal ears, rolls up her sleeves, and gets to work feeding her brothers. … A few world-building details: Females retain a partly animal form, while males ordinarily look human and shift into beasts when hunting. The extent of their transformations and mutations depends on their rank…