The scream that tore from my throat was not human. Nor was it wolf. It was something else.
The air left my lungs in one sharp blow. The world seemed to pause—as if even time itself bowed before what was about to happen.
The transformation started from within.
This time, it wasn't like before. Not like the hybrid form I could hold between flesh and control. No. This time, Skadi wasn’t asking permission.
She was claiming her place.
The pain was immediate.
But it wasn’t suffering.
It was liberation.
My bones shattered in a precise, brutal cadence. I felt my spine lengthen, my muscles tighten, and my skin burn from within—as if a second skin was emerging through me. It wasn’t fire. It wasn’t magic.
It was essence.
It was the ancient power that had long slept… now fully awake.
I drop
