POV: Araya
The pain is indescribable.
Araya's bones c***k and reshape. Her skin stretches and tears. Her muscles twist and reform. Every cell in her body screams in agony as the shift takes hold.
Lucian. Araya's last conscious thought is of her son. Protect Lucian.
She barely manages to set him down gently in the snow before her body convulses completely.
Araya's back arches. Her scream becomes a howl.
Then the shift completes.
Araya stands on four legs. Her body is massive, larger than any pack wolf. Fur the color of pure silver-white covers her, shimmering in the moonlight like starlight made solid.
Her eyes glow. Brilliant silver, brighter than the moon itself.
Power radiates from Araya in waves. The air itself seems to bend around her, charged with raw Alpha energy.
Every wol
