“I thought it would not happen until the full moon,” he muttered after some time.
“I really believed that was when it would happen. Not tonight. I never would have left if I knew that.” He looked at me. “I promised I would be there for him. I promised I would help him through it.”
“I’m sure everything is okay. You’re there in spirit,” I said weakly. “And you’ll still be there afterward to help him. That’s if it even happens tonight. Remember your own experience? It took almost a whole day before you finally shift. Maybe Kael will be the same way. Maybe we still have until lunchtime before it happens.”
“Every shifter is different, Elara,” he said, his voice becoming tighter. “Some people take hours or even days, while others go through it in a few minutes or an hour. There’s no pattern o
