Alvira's P.O.V.
This was the second time in the span of a few weeks that I’d had to push my body into that space beyond my regular shift. When I completed the second shift, I rose back up on my extended hind legs, paws now extended into thickly clawed fingers that cracked with my transformation.
"Don't force my hand, Elliot," I growled out through twisted lips. “This doesn’t have to happen like this.” I thought about mind-linking my brother or Nikolai, but I knew that Elliot would take any advantage he could. We were close enough for him to see my eyes, and it would be easy to tell when I linked with anyone.
“There’s no other way,” he hissed through clenched teeth. The rogue reared back again, holding his arms close to his body. "I have a job to do, bitch." Each breath that heaved in
