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So much for fitting in and finding a place I belonged. My time here was a ticking clock but that was all I’d ever been promised. I nodded. “Thanks.”
Alec nodded in return, then took off at a sprint, following the others. His long legs moved quickly over the earth and after a few strides, his body started to change. Just like the rest of the shifters, he seemed to melt into his wolf form with ease.
Whatever they were teaching here, it looked far more comfortable than the shifting I’d seen in the past.
I watched until I lost sight of him and then I realized how quiet it was. The sound of the bonfire was deafening in the silence of the night.
My inner wolf felt like she was whimpering and scratching at my bones. She wanted out, but she didn’t know how to make it happen.I’m sorry.I wished I could follow them into the woods, run free and then transform back at will.
Why don’t you?
I wasn’t sure if the question was coming from me or from my wolf. Though, I suppose it didn’t matter which part of me it was. We were supposed to be the same; two halves of a whole. But I didn’t feel that connection yet, which is why I hesitated.
I could try to shift. I might even succeed. But then what? I didn’t know what I had to do to become human again. Last time I’d been a wolf, I had no memory of it. What if the wolf part of me gained full control and ran back to Wolf Creek?
I couldn’t risk it. I had to learn how to do this properly or not at all. Learning how to shift was the only help I’d get while I was here so I had to do it right. Once I mastered it, I was on my own.
My inner wolf seemed to whimper again, defeated. Then I didn’t feel her at all.
