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“I’ve never seen someone so magically depleted,” Fox whispered.
So cold. I was still so cold.
Fur. Fur was warm.
Kara gasped. “She shifted? How can she shift with no magic?”
The blessed darkness took hold of me again and I fell asleep once more.
My stomach growled, but I didn’t want to move. I was warm and comfortable. Though, my bladder did feel like it might explode.
Cracking one eye open, I found I was on my bed in Jolie’s house. Opening both eyes and looking down, I realized I was still in rabbit form. Glancing around the room, my heart sank to find it empty.
My chest tightened again and my breaths became ragged.
Shaking my head, I clenched my eyes closed and slowed my breathing, taking big, deep breaths. Once able to breathe easier, I hopped to my bathroom and relieved myself. It was awkward in my rabbit form, but for a reason I couldn’t explain, I didn’t want to shift.
Hopping down the stairs proved harder, but I managed and made my way to the kitchen.
Deryn looked down when I headbutted the door open and his eyes widened. He caught the door before it swung back and hit me. “You’re awake.”
I bobbed my head and hopped towards the fridge. Looking up at it, I frowned as I realized I couldn’t open the door. There were likely fruits and vegetables on the counter though. Hopping straight up, I cleared the countertop and managed to land on it.
“Please don’t poop on the island,” Deryn said.
I turned to look at him and rolled my eyes exaggeratedly.
He smirked, but it faded into a frown. “Why aren’t you in human form?”
I shrugged and hopped over to the bowl of fruits and carefully pulled a few strawberries out.
Deryn pulled out a few more and set them next to the ones I had grabbed. “Everyone is out front.”
Good, that meant I had time to eat and return to my room.
“They’ve been worried about you,” he whispered.
I scoffed and kept eating my food.
“Mm, that explains the rabbit form.” He finished the cup of whatever he was drinking and set it in the sink. “I’ll let them know you’re awake.”
Finished eating the strawberries, I hopped off the counter and headed towards the door to go back to my room.
Just as I moved to headbutt it open, someone flung the door open, sending me flying backwards with a screech.
Chapter
Two
“Ember! I’m so sorry,” Triston yelled and dropped down to pick me up, cradling me against his chest. “Are you okay? Did I hurt you?”
Yes, yesterday.
Struggling, I tried to get out of his hold, but he was rubbing his face against me, purring.
“We’ve been so worried. I thought you might never wake up. It’s been two days.”
Two days? Well, that explained the urgent need to use the restroom when I finally did wake up.
