JAMES POV
Are there really a hundred packs? A hundred forests? Is there really a Wolf King?
And then... am I really a King?
I stared at my hands.
There was no light now. Just ordinary hands.
Suddenly a sharp cramp hit my stomach.
A strange hunger. A hunger I had never felt before.
It felt like something inside me had changed, but I didn’t know what. Maybe I didn’t even want to understand it yet.
I panicked and ran to the kitchen.
I opened the fridge, grabbed meat, and started eating fast.
The first bite hit and it felt like I hadn’t eaten in years.
I shoved food in without chewing. My hands were shaking.
Chunks of meat, pieces of bread, all at once.
I drank gravy straight from the plate.
I picked up the jug of milk and downed half of it in one breath.
Five minutes. Four plat
