A FEW HOURS AGO••• *** [Camilla] I transformed back into human form mid-attack, the shift happening so fast it was almost involuntary. One second I had jaws locked on Kain’s damaged leg, the next I had hands and arms and the desperate fury of someone fighting for their life. I latched onto his back, my naked body pressed against his fur, and dug my fingers into his eyes. I wanted to pluck them out. Wanted to blind him, disable him, make him hurt the way I was hurting. My fingernails, longer and sharper in this half-shifted state, found the soft tissue and pressed in hard. Kain howled, a sound of pure agony that should have made me feel something. Guilt, maybe. Remorse. But all I felt was savage satisfaction. He was far from loud enough. He lashed out wildly, unable to shake me of

