Forsaken
“We didn’t expect it at that age, so my parents hadn’t thought to begin preparing for it. I was playing with Jace one second and the next, I was screaming on the floor.”
“Why didn’t anyone help you?” Iris asks, sounding pained by my words alone. “Couldn’t they make it easier?”
“Touching a wolf during their first shift can stunt the process,” I explain, looking back to her. “Each bone is being broken down to something fine enough, like dust, to spread it and morph them into the bones of a wolf. To touch a wolf during that can alter that natural process, potentially distorting the form of the wolf afterward. There’s also the possibility of stopping the process altogether and leaving a wolf una