Kalani POVMy arms and my legs begin to break and reshape.“Dove, you’re shifting,” Alex says, voice low just as Tati, Jaxon, Enzo, Adonis, and Jordan run into the room.“What’s going on?” Adonis asks.“She’s shifting,” Alex says.“Alex, it hurts,” I cry out. Another sharp wave tears through me before I can catch my breath, and my fingers claw at the floor. I knew my first shift would hurt. Everybody said it would. Knowing that and actually feeling my bones snap apart are two completely different things.He drops next to me and brushes my hair out of my face. “I know it does, but you have to give Astra control,” he says gently.“I can’t, it hurts too much,” I cry out just as my spine breaks then reshapes. A scream rips out of me, and for a second I can't hear anything over the blood pounding in my ears.Alex moves in front of me and takes off his shirt and holds me in his arms as my limbs continue to break and reshape. I bury my face against his bare chest, gripping him so tightly my
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