My whole body was shaking. Even though I knew somewhere in a corner of my mind that letting fear consume me wouldn’t help, I couldn’t control myself. I imagine people believe that because you suddenly discover your extraordinary shifter nature, you surely become, with the snap of your fingers, more confident in yourself and your strength. That you can... for a random example, come across a creature with no skin, no bones, sharp teeth, and evil intentions and take that for some kind of sporting challenge. Well, no. In my head, I was still a poor little human and, in this case, a little human who was probably going to serve as lunch for an unknown monster. Suddenly, a flash of genius lit up my jigsaw-puzzle thoughts: I had Cahl on the phone. Cahl who could come and save me. I immediatel

