The creature moves before I can breathe. One moment it stands at the edge of the clearing, the next its twisted form is lunging toward us with a speed that turns the world into streaks of shadow. The air snaps around it. Trees bow as if they understand what is coming.
Adam’s snarl cuts through the frozen second. His bones crack with violent certainty. His wolf takes control. Golden light bursts from his skin as his body reshapes, powerful and terrible, every line of him created to fight things like this.
My power reacts to him. It is not a choice. It is not even a thought. The moment Adam shifts, something inside me tears open. A pulse of heat spreads through my ribs like a star trying to escape its cage. Silver erupts from my palms in thin glowing threads. They wrap around my fingers an
