GavenShe’s burning, but not in pain like other wolves do when they shift. She is silent, letting shift overtake her, like she is fully prepared to embrace what she is becoming. Fern’s fingers grip the front of my shirt as another tremor moves through her body. The second heartbeat Maelis detected is no longer faint. I can feel it through the bond now. It is steady and rising, answering something older than either of us.“The moon,” Maelis says quietly from behind me. “It’s almost at its peak; she must shift under the moon.”I don’t hesitate. I slide one arm beneath Fern’s knees, the other around her back, and lift her against my chest.She weighs nothing. It is a reminder of how precious she truly is. “Gaven,” she whispers, her voice thin but not afraid.“I’ve got you,” I tell her. “I won’t leave your side.” Riddick is pacing beneath my skin.‘Take her outside,’ he urges. ‘She was never meant to wake inside stone.’The corridor parts as I move. Wolves press back instinctively
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