Chrome and Claws
Raven stumbled back, hand clamped over her mouth.
Reed froze, knife trembling in his grip, his face drained of color. “What… what are you?”
Malrik didn’t even look at him. His gaze fixed on Raven. “The better question, Raven Blackthorne, is what are you?”
The knife clattered from Reed’s grip, ringing on the stone floor.
His chest heaved, his eyes wide with horror as he staggered back.
Raven couldn’t speak.
The power in her blood stirred, restless and hot, answering something in Malrik’s words. Her claws pressed at her fingertips, her wolf pacing wildly, her pulse screaming that something inside her was no longer entirely wolf at all.