A horribly familiar snapping sound soon filled the air as his face began to stretch and fill with dark fur. Bones broke and reshaped beneath, creating a terrifying monstrosity I’d only seen once before. Trevor’s teeth grew twice as large, mouth stretching open with enough space to easily fit my head inside.
Which might’ve been the next step, had some huge shadow not slammed into his back.
Knocked off-balance, Trevor lost his grip on me, leaving me in brief seconds of freefall as a massive pair of black claws dug into his shoulder, yanking him back before slamming him into the ground. A flash of light raced behind me, my back hitting something far too soft to be the ground before carefully lifting me up against their chest.
“Aiden,” I gasped, recognizing the blondish fur without a sec
