My consciousness drifted as if wrapped in fog. Marat was carrying my weakened body in an unknown direction. Helplessly dangling over his shoulder, I tried to lift my arm. My right one wouldn’t respond at all. With great effort, I reached my neck with my left hand and tore off the pendant. The metal clinked against the asphalt.
Color exploded back into my vision. Night suddenly turned white, bright as day. The wound on my neck sealed instantly. Gathering every last bit of strength, I shoved myself away from Marat and shifted midair into my wolf form.
The man stared at me darkly, folding his arms across his chest.
“What the hell is this?” he snarled angrily. “You want to do this the hard way, she-wolf?”
A massive gray wolf stood before me a second later. At that moment, I desperately wis
