CHAPTER 84 First Shift

　　Mia's POV

　　It is nighttime when I am released from the hospital, and my body is beginning to feel weird. My skin feels itchy, like it is trying to stretch over my body too tightly. As we walk to the car, I scratch at the skin on my arms, trying to alleviate the sensation.

　　"Your body is getting ready to shift," Thomas tells me kindly. "The feeling will pass after you shift for the first time."

　　We get into the car, and Thomas drives us to a secluded location in the Paxton Pack. Ethan and Emma told us this is where the young werewolves come to shift for the first time.

　　Exiting the car, I notice a nip in the cool summer air. Goosebumps rise along my skin, and I feel slightly panicked. What if I am not a lycan? What if I am unable to shift?

　　"You will be able to shift," Thomas says as he places his hand on the small of my back.

　　"Stop reading my mind," I chuckle jokingly.

　　Slowly I walk up the hill to the spot within the trees where the moon's light shines through the canopy.