KIRA'S POVI don't know how long I screamed, only knew that my throat went raw from the sound. Mom's body slumped to the side, and all I could hear apart from my own screaming, was Ravenna's evil cackle. "I told her not to get in my way," she sang. "What are you going to do about that, Kira?" Probably, if she hadn't been too focused on taunting me, she could have killed me too in that moment, because I was stuck half-shift, with all my defenses down. Tears blurred my vision, and all I could see was Mom's face as she shielded me and told me she loved me. It was imprinted in my mind. Thankfully, the pain and sorrow came with cold, hard anger, and I forced my body through the rest of the shift. Both Athena and Xena came to the forefront, and my body morphed into something more powerful. I was a wolf, and I was a Lycan. Combined, it was something no one had ever seen. Ravenna's bands of shadow keeping me hostage fell away like they were nothing more than mist. I rose as I grew larg
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