THE LAST SHIFT: A Werewolf without a Wolf
It shattered into ash before it ever touched the ground, burning to nothing in the span of a heartbeat.
The forest screamed. A thousand voices, shattering the night.
But we did not stop.
The fire climbed higher, wrapping the canopy, branding the sky itself. The branches writhed, twisting in agony, their shadows flailing like beasts undone. One by one, the falling boughs caught flame, bursting into showers of gold that rained harmless ash instead of ruin.
I clutched Kieran tight, tears streaking my smoke-stained face, my body trembling as the fire roared from us both. “You’re doing it,” I whispered fiercely, my voice breaking. “You’re breaking it!”