twin suns in the dim, red-tinged landscape. A low growl vibrated in her chest, the sound not unlike the d

presence of something far more primal beneath its fur. The creature was a manifestation of her own de

rged from the distanc

visible. She could feel the weight of their eyes

crape. Elise could feel its breath, hot and reeking of blood, brushing against

th, trying to steady her racing pulse. But the words

It lunged, faster th

eart hammered in her chest as she stumbled backward, desperately reaching for something to ground hers

qual strength. She could feel the power rising within her, but it was foreign, untethered, a beast

ting open, and the wolf, sensing weakness, poun

it hea

rce. The moment her fingers brushed its fur, the world around her exploded in a blinding flash of light. The wolf let out a ye

pain. It w

n cleared. The wolf's face was no longer a terrifying, foreign presence-it was her own. Her

s the

d taken over entirely. A roar built in her chest, and she let it rip free, the sound of it echoing across the

the prey. She wa

Her movements were fluid, instinctual, as if she had been born for this fight. She dove forward with a gr

rth beneath them. The world felt more real now, more alive, as her senses heightened, and everything slowed

was no longer a battle of strength, but of endurance and control. She could feel her human side screaming at her to stop, to fight back us

yet distant, ech

it. Use the power, do

he wolf was not a gift-it was a curse, a power to be wielded with cautio

abandon. She waited, her instincts guiding her, and just as the wolf's teeth closed around her, she twisted,

now dimming. Elise's breath came out in shallow g

k. The taste of blood flooded her senses, but she held firm, her jaws locking around its throat

ing fell

ng. Her body throbbed with the aftermath of the transformatio

round her wavered and twisted, the red light fading into soft moonlight. The ground shifted, and suddenl

od off to the side, her eyes bright with something

," Kade sai

ing. She looked down at her hands, still trembling from t

ays a fight. The wolf doesn't give up easily. But you

in fact. Now, you must learn to do it at will, not just in

the edge of the clearing. Fenric, the one who had opposed her earlier, now sto

your place here

heir pack. She hadn't come here to stay. She had come for answers, for a way out. B

she asked, her voice b

e weight of his words. "Now, you fight with us. The

th the surface, but for the first time, she felt something else: a strange sense of purpose. She

r what i