In a moment of weakness, I forgot one of the most important teachings I was given: the frozen forest muddles our senses. I had momentarily forgotten that scents, sounds and even our sight couldn’t be trusted in a place like this.
Time stops, and for a few seconds— or maybe it was a few minutes, I couldn’t tell— I’m too enraged and surprised to move or think.
That is, before an uncontrollable anger takes hold of me and all I see is red. Literally blinded by rage, I leap backwards over the large wolf. My body is shaking, blurring along the edges as I fight my wolf for dominance. I neither lose or win as I tether between two forms. Not a wolf. Not a human. I landed behind So-so Big, my sharp claws mechanically grabbing for his tail and pulling him roughly back until his ribs were close en
