I ran faster than I thought. Faster than fear. The forest blurred around me until trees became shadows and the ground became nothing but a memory beneath my claws.
The curse sang in my veins. Beautiful. Terrible. Perfect.
Every breath brought new scents. Blood from the pack. Fear from the wolves fighting for their lives. Death everywhere. The Council’s cursed wolves were tearing through my territory like wildfire through dry grass.
And part of me was excited.
That was the worst part. The curse did not just want to fight. It wanted to hunt. To kill. To prove dominance over everything that challenged me.
I pushed harder. The bond with Kade stretched thin behind me. He was running too, but he could not keep up. Nobody could. I was something new now. Something evolution should have left b
