Chapter 6

I drop my robe to the forest floor, exposing my naked body to Arienne. He doesn't flinch or turn away at my nudity, and I gather that this might be becasue werewolves are accustomed to this sort of thing. If they're always in the nude after they shift, I'd think they might be a little desensitized to it. I admit I'm a little shy to show myself like this, but it feels okay, and I feel confortable around Arienne.

I turn to him to ask for the time, but as soon as I look in his direstion, I know.

Fire shoots through every single portion of my body and my breathing becomes labored as I try to keep myself from screaming. Soon, I hear my bones begin to snap and crack, as if trying to rearrange themselves. Of course I don't have to hear it to know it's happening. This is absolutely the most physical pain I've been in, in my entire life. Eventually I can't hold it in anymore, and I begin to scream and howl. As I lay, writhing around on the ground, both Amira and Arienne try to talk me throug