VINCENTI shift back into human form at the edge of the forest, my wolf reluctantly retreating as my body reforms. I'm naked, as always after a shift, but I quickly grab the clothes I'd stashed in the hollow of an old oak tree before my run. Pulling on my black running pants and gray t-shirt, I feel the familiar weight of being human again settle over me. The morning air is crisp against my skin as I stretch, working out the tension from the run. My wolf had needed the release after last night's restless sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Kaia's face—the way she looked at me in that conference room when I defended her, the confusion mixed with something that might have been gratitude.I start walking back toward the packhouse, following the worn trail through the pines. As I approach the training grounds, voices drift toward me on the breeze."—heard the Alpha wants to change the hierarchy laws," someone is saying.I slow my pace, staying just out of sight behind a cluster of
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