Ryan never explained what he expected her to learn from the run, and after a while Shezayah stopped asking. The forest itself quickly became demanding enough. Every transformation still felt unfamiliar despite how often she had been forced into it recently. The moment Artemis took over, the world expanded in ways her human mind still struggled to process. Smells traveled farther than they should have. Sounds layered over one another until she could hear movement coming from every direction at once. Her instincts wanted her attention constantly, pulling her focus toward things she normally would have ignored.
Ryan, on the other hand, looked completely at home.
His storm-grey wolf moved through the forest with a confidence that only came from years of experience. He never appeared to think
