Elara’s POV
The Hollow lunged at me, his massive form a blur of teeth and fury and then everything changed.
I reached for the power inside me, the ancient, primal energy that had been sleeping since I first touched the silver wolf’s fur. This time, it didn’t resist. It flooded through me like a river breaking a dam, hot and bright and unstoppable.
My bones screamed. My fur burned and then I erupted. I felt the shift happen in a way I never had before.
It wasn’t the slow, grinding change of a normal shift. It was explosive, my body rearranging itself in a heartbeat, my wolf surging forward with a power that made the ground tremble beneath my paws.
When I opened my eyes, I wasn’t grey. I was silver.
Blinding, shimmering, moonlight-on-water silver. My fur blazed with it, every strand ca
