Gabriel climbed the steep mountain on all fours. He had tried to convince Shadow to shift, but had been completely ignored in his instruction for the wolf to take over. Instead, he was met with a torrent of taunts, abuse and mockery. "This is all your fault, you know?" "Call yourself an Alpha? "You may as well crawl along on your stomach like a worm!" and "Prick!" were just some of the thoughts that Gabriel was enduring as he tried to find Sirona. He didn't argue back. He felt a lot of the things that his wolf said were justified. When he reached the top of the mountain, he stopped to catch his breath, hands braced on his knees. "Wow, you really need to improve your cardio," Shadow said. "I would have found that so easy!" "Yes, I know you would have!" Gabriel snapped. "That's why I wa

