The transition back into the skin of a wolf felt like being flayed alive by a thousand icy razors. Kaelen Vane stood in the center of a black stone amphitheater in the heart of the First Den, his lungs burning with an air that tasted of iron and ancient static.Beside him, Cora watched with a predatory smirk. She had given him the "Primal Seed," a spark of the original Alpha spirit. Kaelen’s body had transformed, but it wasn't the silver-grey wolf he remembered. This form was massive, his fur the color of dried blood, his eyes glowing with a neon, unstable amber."How does it feel, Kaelen?" Cora whispered, her hand brushing his matted shoulder. "To have the leash removed? To no longer be the pet of a Miller CEO?"Kaelen didn't answer in words; a low, tectonic rumble shook his chest. He looked at his claws, which shimmered with the same geometric light as the Origin coin. He felt the connection to Sierra and the triplets, it was still there, a thin
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