The light didn't stop. It exploded.
A blinding flash of white and green scoured the clearing, forcing Fennigan, Jax, and even the Elders to shield their eyes. The air pressure dropped, then slammed back with the force of a sonic boom.
When the spots cleared from Fennigan’s vision, he lowered his arm and looked down.
He stopped breathing.Standing where the girl in the flannel shirt had been was a creature of impossible beauty.
She wasn't just a wolf. And she wasn't just blonde or yellow.
Her fur rippled like molten metal. It was liquid gold, shimmering and flowing over her muscles as if the necklace she had absorbed had coated every strand of her being.
She looked like a statue brought to life by alchemy, glowing with a soft, internal luminescence that lit up the dark forest floor.
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