Elara POV
Sweaty, sore, and tired, I closed my eyes and concentrated again on shifting to my evasive half-form. My inner wolf poked her head up, but she wanted to come all the way out. There was no in-between. I was either fully in human form or wolf form.
“Maybe it was a childhood fluke,” I said, giving up and opening my eyes.
Lysander and Kaelen gazed back at me from the workout bench. They were dressed in gym shorts, a sheen of moisture on their skin from sparring, and damn, I’d never grow tired of this sight.
“I doubt that,” Lysander said, wiping a towel across the back of his neck. “Keep trying and you’ll find it. I promise. In the meantime, we won’t have you be so defenseless without your wand. You’re going to learn how to take down both me and Kaelen, in human form. Are you read
