Aurelia
I had done it because I wanted to intimidate her.
Except, I had forgotten that this same girl, as she had told me, was the reason I was alive, here. Not by my own force, but by her strong will.
If she could do that, then I should have expected what happened next.
I had changed forms with no intentions of hurting her, not even with the thought of avenging the slap she had landed on my face, but she was not messing around, so she changed forms too, while I stood back in surprise.
Her transformation was soon complete and she rose to her feet, baring her canines at me. All of the fur on her back stood straight, and the skin of her muzzle gathered together as she growled, saliva dripping from her mouth. I found her refusal to back down as surprising as it was scary because her w
