Chapter 21: A White Wolf

Valerie whimpers as she hears Nicole scream. She can hear her bones cracking and altering themselves to cater to the shape of her wolf spirit. Her heartbeat accelerates as she remembers the first time she shifted. She doesn’t want her to go through that kind of pain, but as werewolves, it cannot be prevented.

The only thing the first part of ritual can do is to calm the person’s emotions and mind about the shifting process but it does not do anything to the pain they’ll experience.

Nicole crouches down to the ground, her hands grabbing the soil for support. She pants and screams as another jolt of pain courses through her body. Tears well up in her eyes as she feels her bones rearranging themselves.

Valerie flinches at the sound yet again. She wants to close her eyes, but those who are present are concentrating their magical essence on Nicole