THIRD PERSON’S POV
The air in the room vanished instantly as the beast within Maya sucked it in at once. It had been awakened by that single snap of the bracelet. It growled, causing the floorboards to creak beneath her. Maya stood in the center of the wreckage, her breath coming in broken gasps. The world had narrowed down to a single, pulsing sound: the frantic beating of Jalen’s heart.
It sounded like a dinner bell, and her beast was hungry.
She looked down at her hands, but they didn't feel like hers anymore. Her skin felt foreign as the ancient beast took charge of her body. Long black claws erupted from her fingertips, slicing through the air with a hiss. She tried to scream and reach out to her wolf, but her vocal cords only produced a low, guttering growl that vibrated through t
