Rebecca
The needle pierced my skin.
A scream clawed at the back of my throat, not from the prickling sensation but from the inferno surging through my veins. It spread like wildfire, searing every nerve, leaving me writhing in agony. My entire body felt aflame, an unbearable itch crawling beneath my skin.
But the worst part? It stopped my shift.
"What did you do to me?" I screamed, my voice ragged. My hands had turned into paws, but the rest of me was stuck—half-human, half-furred abomination. My body felt grotesque, weighed down by a horrifying wrongness.
Megan’s smug smile deepened as she crouched, her face inches from mine. "Something a mutt like you deserves."
Her words cut deeper than the fire in my blood.
"Did you really think running to my brother would help you? Telling him
