The light was bright, making it difficult to take in my surroundings. I tried to rub my eyes but found paws in front of me. I tried to make sense of what had happened last night, but it felt like a dream. Was it possible I was dreaming now? I tried to speak but a howl came out instead. I blinked several times, trying to adjust my eyes to the light until I had a clear vision of what was in front of me. Where the door had once been now stood a hole the size of an elephant. Last night had not been a dream. Alejandro’s eyes were the last thing I remember; I just knew he gave me the strength that I had been missing. A spark lit up inside with the force of ten thousand lightning bolts. Then the shift came, I heard every bone crack and shift positions. It was strange, I thought it would have be

