Estella’s POV
The hallway exploded into chaos the moment the Alpha’s guards burst through the door. Their shouts filled the air, deafened only by bones cracking and the sounds of humans turning into wolves. I reached for Bella the same moment she reached for me, merging into one in a way that had become almost instinctive. Pain washed through me, quickly turning into freedom as I rose into my bipedal wolf form and howled. Everyone looked at me in shock, and I noticed Christina’s stepfather’s face turn ashen. The triumphant smile on his lips twisted in something that was not exactly anger but not entirely shock either. Recognition maybe?
He must not have realized what I was capable of. I couldn’t blame him for that.
I could blame him for what he had done to Christina, though, and I plann
