CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
The forest is alive with the electric hum of twilight, the sky painted in bruised purples and fiery oranges. Alec is a shadow flitting through the trees, his movements as fluid as the wind that whispers through the leaves. I chase after him, my heart pounding in my chest, not just from the exertion but also from the thrill of being so close to someone who understands the wildness inside me.
"Can't catch me, Bella?" Alec's taunt floats back to me, laced with a laughter that sends a shiver down my spine.
"Watch me!" I call out, pushing my legs faster, feeling the shift threatening to overtake me. It would be so easy to let go, to become the wolf and race him on four paws instead of two feet. But this is our game, staying human when everything in us screams to transform.
