AMIRA My heart was pounding in my chest as I ran. The dark one chasing us was persistent as he caught up with my speed. Exhaustion had caught up with me but the fear of what would happen if I dared to stop kept me pushing. “Just a little more, Astrais.” I urged even though I needed the encouragement as well. I knew Astrais was a powerful wolf and she could do more than what we displayed today but I had not shifted into my wolf for over six years and it has affected her as well. It almost felt like we were practising how to use our wolf form like a beginner. It didn’t help that I only shifted the night that I arrived in the town and had never shifted again so this was the second time in my entire life that I was shifting and the first time I would be fighting in this form. “I’m sorry,

