Amanda’s strides became greater, more purposeful. She strained her body to its new limits, pushing her regrown muscles to unimaginable limits. Even basic wasn’t this hard…
Through it all, Swiftfang kept silent. Neither trusted their counterpart; both believed they were entitled to possession of the body, and neither would relent until the other was erased.
Amanda could sense the proximity of the Center, tangible in the air as forbidden fruit. She tightened her grip on the pack, and ran…
Zoe, not yet realized to her true self as Windhowl, made an effort to gather the pack within school grounds. Hundreds of her sisters waited before her, eagerly awaiting the command of their current alpha female.
Her mate, the true alpha, was out there, and may yet live again. Her plan bore risk, but it was the only course of action she could take.
She lifted her head in a long, undulating howl. Hundreds of lupine voices followed suit, rolling their song across the Lake.
More voices joined hers, from the direction of the Lake. Some cheered, believing one of them to be the alpha’s call.
Zoe knew it was not yet true. Not just yet…