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His words were echoing through my mind.

He wanted me?

Not because someone was making me take him so I could get my magic right?

Not to punish me?

Not to torment me…But because he wants me?

That seemed a hard realization.

Thinking on made my brain feel mushy and my heart pound and made confusion pour through me. Everything seemed more complicated when I couldn’t just hate Hawk, thinking that he was constantly trying to punish me.

Instead, I chose to focus on the tale Magus had told. About Fury.

I’d never heard a version of how Beasts came to be that originated from a true wolf wishing to be human enough that a fey king had granted him his heart’s desire…partially.

It seemed inconceivable. But then, I’d seen mages pull trees up from the root. Hawk to be specific.

I, more than anyone, knew that one could be limited only by the