Sadly, Pepper was not born a shifter. She dreams of being adopted (or mated) by one, but until such a glorious day arrives, she consoles herself by writing about shifters instead. Either that, or she really IS a shifter and is just pretending NOT to be a shifter, to protect her people. Whether the former or the latter is anyone's guess, but either way, she's living her absolute best possible shifter-life.