I woke the next morning as a wolf.

Panic seized me immediately.

I tried to speak, to call for Zane. Only a low whine emerged from my throat.

My body felt wrong. Too large, too powerful, covered in silver fur that caught the morning sunlight streaming through the window.

Calm down, I told myself, forcing my racing heart to slow.

Zane said the ability to shift back would come. Just... figure it out. I closed my eyes. reached inward, searching for that same silver light that had carried me through the transformation.

Instead of pushing it outward to enhance my abilities, I tried pulling it back.

Condensing it. Returning my...