"Stop escaping from this, Lola." Kael's calm, authoritative voice broke through the dense mist of bewilderment that was obscuring my thoughts. "You cannot conceal who you are. You are now a part of this planet. You always were.
With the weight of his words bearing down on me like a thousand-pound boulder, I retreated a step. There was something primordial and frightening in the dense air around me. The wolf inside of me was growling and tearing at the prison I had spent years creating, and I could feel it in my bones. However, I wasn't prepared to deal with it. Not quite yet.
I muttered, barely able to control my voice, "I don't want to be a part of this world." "Kael, I didn't request any of this. I never requested to be a monster.
Even if Kael's eyes softened, I couldn't help but noti
