"Nice to meet you, Alyssa. I’m Lucy,” a voice calls out from inside my mind, raising my heartbeat that doesn’t even feel like mine.
“What’s happened to me?” I ask.
“You’ve shifted into me.”
“How?”
“The bracelet’s magic unlocked me—” Lucy pauses at the sound of a twig snapping, her ears twitching as she scans the area. “Check your left, someone is approaching.”
Looking to the left, a pair of golden eyes peeks through the bushes. Oliver steps slowly through the brush, hands raised as if approaching something wild and sacred. A surge of heat floods through me, sharp enough that I fear I’ll burst into flames. Instead of retreating, Lucy bolts toward him, nearly spearing him in the chest.
Oliver catches us with ease, his arms wrapping securely around us. His hand drifts through her fur i
