The flames were beautiful.
That was my first thought as they erupted from my palms, golden and wild and absolutely terrifying. The monsters recoiled, their shrieks piercing the night air. But I couldn't stop. I wouldn't stop.
Not while they were still coming.
"Get behind me!" I screamed at the pack members huddled in the courtyard. "Now!"
They scrambled. I could hear their footsteps on the stone, their desperate gasps. But all I could see were the flames. Dancing. Hungry. Alive.
Another wave of creatures surged forward. I threw my hands up and the fire answered, a wall of golden light that sent them scattering. The heat was immense. It should have burned me. It should have consumed me.
But it didn't.
It felt like coming home.
I had been hiding this part of myself for so long. The p
