Micah groaned as he regained his internal balance, a wave of nausea encompassing him as his shifter’s essence separated itself from him, allowing him to fully return to his humanoid form.
He had never heard of someone being able to do that, but the way her terrified gaze had fixed over his shoulder as she fought against him made him certain that what she had done had been no accident. Although the brief surprise across her features before she struck suggested it had been something even she herself was unaware she could do.
While slowly pushing into a seated position, he felt for the essence of his other-self, relieved to feel that, like himself, it was mostly unharmed. Few outside the shifter circle understood the dynamics of how their kind shifted. When they were born, they were two par
