It was the scent of rain, wild lilies, and the stubborn, fierce spirit that had been haunting my every thought.I caught her by the scruff of her neck to steady her, my heart hammering against my ribs in a way that had nothing to do with the shift. She was smaller than I last saw her, her fur ruffled and her eyes wide with a mix of shock and desperation.“Amani! What are you doing here?!” I roared, the words half-human, half-growl as I shifted back fully. “Shift!”At my order, she scrambled back, her paws sliding on the moss as she returned to her human form, breathless and wild-eyed. She looked like a ghost in the night, her skin pale in the moonlight, but her gaze was a furnace.“I was following her,” she gasped, clutching a robe to her chest that she must have stashed nearby. “She left the house, Menelik. She’s meeting someone. I had to know.”I grabbed her by the shoulders, my grip probably too tight, but I couldn't help it.The sheer recklessness of her being out here, drained an
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