as though she were standing too close to a raging fire. Every nerve in her body was alive, pulsing with an intensity t

oice barely above a whispe

s face unreadable. "You're changing," he sai

g she was human-normal. The idea of something else lurking inside her,

n't want

ou want, Selene. It's about what you are. And whether

ething more, something darker. Her senses sharpened, picking up the soft rustling of a rabbit in the underbrush, the distant heartbea

ift in her because he took a

p. "No," she said quick

ed look. "If you don't, th

ad violently. "I

change. It'll only make you weaker. You don't

want to believe him, but deep down, she knew he was right. If she ignored thi

more solid, more real, as if she were suddenly attuned to every shift in the earth. Her ear

ouched low, her fingers brushing against the cool earth.

hear its

led deep in her throat before she even realized she had made a sound. Her visi

flash, sh

was faster. Her hand shot out, fingers closing around its fragile

d taste it in the air. The hunger inside her screamed for her

the part that was still h

, disappearing into the underbrush. Selene fell to her

He said nothing, but there w

s brimming in her eyes. "I do

le. "Then learn to control it. Because th

her fists. She k

he had the strength to f

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