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Sitting alone at the edge of the dining hall, I absently picked at my food, lost in the maelstrom of thoughts and emotions swirling within me. The memory of the surge of wolf energy I had felt earlier replayed in my mind like a haunting melody, each note a reminder of the inexplicable connection I had experienced.
It had been unlike anything I had ever felt before—a primal force surging through my veins, awakening something deep within me that I had never known existed. But as quickly as it had come, it had vanished, leaving me feeling disoriented and unsure.
I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something different about me, something that hadn’t been there just yesterday. Was it possible that Ethan's bite had triggered some latent aspect of my nature, something I had never k
