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“Sure I did. If I could shift, I wouldn’t have been so weak.” I would have given anything to be able to protect myself.

“You had a plan in place, didn’t you?” she asked.

“Yeah. I was going to run,” I said.

“Your plan was to run. To be human. Not to shift,” she said.

She was right, of course. I’d given up on shifting nearly a decade prior. “I don’t understand.”

“Witch magic has limits. Especially on us. It’s why they hate us. We are their creation so we can resist. You must learn to overcome your fear and embrace your true self,” she said.

Easier said than done. “How?”

“I will help you, but it’s not going to be easy,” she said. “The question is. Do you want to be able to shift?”

“Of course I do.” It was an easy question to answer. She was right, I had resigned myself to a life without shifting, but given the choice, I’d take it. College could wait a while. I needed this.

The tent flap opened and a kid who looked about ten ran in, breathless. “Greta, please come quick. It’s my dad.”

“Take me to him,” Greta said.

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