VALERIE
Just when I thought I was going to explode in a ball of flames, I heard the low and menacing growl.
The rogue wolf’s growls echoed in my ears, a terrifying and shrill growl that momentarily overshadowed the sound of the relentless pounding of my heart.
My body trembled on as the fiery energy within me threatened to burst free. Every nerve in my body screamed at me to unleash it, to let the flames consume the beast and save myself, but I couldn’t.
Not again.
The wolf lunged, and I braced myself for the inevitable. But before it reached me, the beast suddenly halted, its body twitching violently. Its snarls turned into a sickening gurgle and my breath caught in my throat as I watched blood spilled from its jaws, staining the floor beneath it.
It swayed, unsteady, before colla
