LADY BAEVERA
Relief was the first thing I felt. Finally, I was getting what I wanted.
Then the fall continued. I just…kept falling.
The wind lashed against my face, tore through my hair, and howled past my ears.
Fear came, creeping in like an unwelcome guest.
I tried to ignore it, to cling to the peace of impending death. But the fall felt endless, and survival instinct kicked in.
Before my brain could catch up, my body shifted into my beast form. It happened a split second before impact.
The landing was not smooth at all, my beast barely absorbing the worst of the fall. Pain exploded through my limbs as I crashed into the ground.
I howled in agony, my limbs cracking on contact. My head throbbed with a pain that felt like it had been forged in hell.
But I was alive.
The shift sli
