I circled and inspected the floor. After a moment, I began to dig, my nails clicking repeatedly against the surface. However, the bunker was quite sturdy. The cement wasn’t going to give way any time soon. The bond held, but the feeling of Fenris had become a blur, quiet and furious and distant.
I had no idea how long I was digging when I managed to get a few of my better senses back online. I took a breath and forced myself back. My paws didn’t hurt, so that was something—but they were still paws. I stared down at them, mentally willing them to turn back into the feet I knew. Since Fenris had helped me shift back the first time, I hadn’t learned how to do so on my own. All the research I’d done had centered on getting Sabine out of my mind, and as grateful as I was to have broken that li
