growth. Her senses were on excessive alert, every rustle of leaves making he

er voice echoing in the s

t raced as she followed the sound, pushing through a thick p

mes light, her skin clammy, and her respiratory shallo

ocused and glassy. "Susan ?" sh

ightly lifting Hera into her arms. "

hunder rumbled within the distance, and fast raindrops started to f

nearer, Susan spotted the doorway to a small cave.

of dry leaves. She tore a strip of fabric from her blouse,

es's accessible seeking out us. We just n

Susan ," she gasped, grabbing Susan 's arm with surprisi

heart pounding. "

er. "My past, my true identification. Susan , concentrate on me

bewildered. "What?

been separated, cut apart through powerful magic. I've been trapped in th

al long past incorrect, a searing pain, and then... Emptiness. The cons

ispered, her global

ns visible earlier than. "There's no time to explain the entirety. But I can

le voice guided Susan through the difficult phrases of a historical spell. With every syllable, Susan felt an

era's voice grew fainter. "Hurry, Susan ," s

e final phases of the spell. A blinding light crammed

rs. The storm had washed away most of the scents, making it nearly impo

e air, making James stumble. He regarded it, his

treeline right into a small clearing. There, at the mouth of a

ldness. Beside her lay Hera, her form growing fainter by using the second one. As Ja

in the end finding his voice

, forcing James to shield his eyes. When he seemed once more, Her

sing her in his fingers. "Susan

should have sworn he saw a flash of Hera in the eyes of th

. "It worked. We're...

upposed, Susan 's eyes rolled lower bac

a pulse. It became there, but weak and er

s mind reeling. What had passed off in that cave? Where turned in

Pack participants swarmed, asking questions he could not solve

firmary," the heal

de the infirmary, his wolf stressed and agitated. Final

ounced. "But, Alpha... There

roached, he observed something exceptional. There changed into a new

r than their traditional warm brown, they glowe

n unusual blend of her own and Her

her cut-up self, the merging spell, and the brand new truth they now confronte

n the region that night. As sunrise broke over Crest Moon pack., it marked not simply the beginning of a brand new day, but the