FRACTURED COMMAND
~MATHIAS'S POV~
I woke to pain.
Not the sharp kind. The deep kind. The kind that came from inside, from places that should not hurt. I still can't believe I can't shift. I tried to shift, to call my wolf forward the way I had done thousands of times before.
My wolf was there. I could feel him. But something was broken between us. Trying to shift felt like trying to use a limb after it had been paralyzed. The connection existed but it did not work.
My body convulsed as I attempted the transformation. My bones started to change and then stopped halfway. Agony exploded through me, white hot and suffocating.
I fell back against the bed, gasping for breath.
Vida appeared instantly, her hands glowing as she examined me. She did not speak, just checked my vitals and my m
