ADRIAN'S POVAurora is three weeks old when she first shifts.We're in the nursery, Freya changing her diaper while I gather clean clothes, when it happens. One moment there's a fussing infant on the changing table, the next there's a tiny wolf pup, dark fur and bright eyes, making sounds that are half-whimper, half-growl.Freya freezes. "Adrian.""I see it." I approach slowly, carefully. "Hey, sweetheart. That's new."Aurora shifts back almost immediately, the change flowing over her like water. She's a baby again, naked and confused, starting to cry from the strangeness of what just happened.Freya scoops her up, soothing her with practiced ease. "Shh, it's okay. You're okay. That was just your wolf, baby girl. Nothing to be scared of."I call Dr. Chen immediately.He arrives within minutes, examining Aurora while Freya and I hover anxiously."Three weeks old," he murmurs, making notes. "That's extraordinarily young for a first shift. But she seems perfectly healthy. The shift didn'
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