Chapter 25
Only, I did know. Science was all about gathering data and working backward from evidence to root causes. I’d seen these statues imbued with power, so I could guess how to bring that power back out.
To that end, I drew upon everything I’d learned while watching the cave woman turn art into magic. I seized control over the pregnant girl’s body. Then I followed my heart.
“Shift,” I commanded, surprised at how easy it was to force a lupine body to burst out of the human. “Now take the sculpture in your mouth.”
The stone was rough against our tongue and hard against our molars. Still, the awkwardness felt entirely right.
“Now shift again,” I ordered. And for one split second, I thought her salvation might be as easily won as that.
Only, of course, it wasn’t. That’s the trouble
