Aurora's POV
Zayne turned instantly. “Aurora, what is wrong?”
I couldn’t answer. But the pain spread, burning, twisting, tearing beneath my skin; it even made my bones feel like they were being pulled apart.
My voices blurred around me.
“Is she shifting?”
“Impossible, she’s human-born!”
“What’s happening to her?!”
I collapsed to my knees. My vision darkened at the edges. No—no, no, no.
This wasn’t normal, and it wasn’t a wolf’s awakening. It was something deeper. Something older.
Zayne knelt beside me, gripping my shoulders. “Aurora! Look at me. Breathe—”
I screamed as another wave of pain tore through me.
My hands slammed onto the marble floor, and my claws burst from my fingers.
The crowd recoiled. Beneath my skin, something powerful surged, like it had been sleeping my ent
