CHAPTER 18 RAVEN: I rolled over the silk sheets for what must have been the hundredth time, my body heavy with exhaustion yet my mind refusing to rest. Sleep had abandoned me several hours ago. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw flashes of the video again: my broken body, the chains, the silver burning into my veins. And then… that white wolf. My wolf. I do have a wolf. A real wolf inside of me. I thought I was wolfless. For I had never had any connection with my wolf even when I turned 14 years old, the rightful age for a werewolf to transform and forever link with their wolf. During my celebration for my transformation, I didn’t transform. Till the night of the full moon passed, I remained human. No connection, no wolf spirit inside of me, nothing. Even Kaelith, though she didn’t

