That night, after the celebration at the estate had quieted, Gillow led Arda out to the wide back terrace. The moon was higher now, pale and full enough to silver the woods beyond. The rest of her family stood together on the grass below, their eyes glowing faintly in the moonlight.“Watch,” Gillow murmured.Arda held her breath as Dan Avero shifted first. The change was swift and fluid; there was no pain, only a shimmer of power, a ripple of muscle and light, until a great wolf stood where the man had been. One by one the others followed, their wolves stepping forward and lifting their heads toward the woods.“They can shift at will,” Gillow explained quietly at her side. “They’ve mastered it. You will too, in time.”Arda leaned into him, awed by the sight of her kin slipping into the forest, their white breath rising like mist in the moon-cold air. “It’s beautiful,” she whispered. When she looked up at Gillow, he was already watching her. Their lips found each other in a slow, tende
Last Updated : 2025-09-27 Read more