Keller When I arrived deep in the woods, I wanted to shift in; the sun had given up on heat. I threw my bag of clothes at a tree and glanced around. Better to be ready than not be ready at all. If I successfully shift today, I’ll need some other clothes to change into. After another glance around my environment, I decided it was time to do this. I closed my eyes and tried to reach out to my core, but I couldn’t reach anything. The anger from the thing Tiara told me about the warriors fueled me, but nothing. I sat on the root of another tree, opposite the one where my bag was lying, and shut my eyes again. I can reach out to this if I paid more attention. One thing is certain: it’s either I shift into my wolf form, or I remain stuck here. I closed my eyes, leaning against the

