Echoes of the moon

3 - Aria

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in branches hit my skin and face. But I couldn't stop running. I wouldn't stop. Behind me, I could hea

me beyond the limits of any wolf: "Useless omega," he'd snarl. "Can't you do anything right? I, Jaxon Blackthorn, Alp

clear my thoughts. I couldn

a root and I fell. As I hit the har

my throbbing ankle. Jaxon's vo

my teeth and dragged myself to my feet. T

ight, making my blood feel like it was freezin

lock out the pain now shooting through my leg with every s

ars. A river! If I could get across it

he swift-running water. It was wider than I'd hoped, the cu

in. The ice-cold water took my

when I

ming pain that dropped me

ted, my arms wrapping aro

racking and transforming, fur sprouting down

. For the first time in my

ould have, like I had always been taught my entire life. Ins

as I looked down at myself. Fur was over most of my body, yet I still had oppo

tally to my wolf.

an she had ever been, y

to the other side. I fell onto the shor

f hurt and confusion. Finally managing to pry my eyes o

right to the sharp claw tips. Yet all the same, it wasn't all wolf's paw

ying on this new body. My clothes were in tatters, clin

river. I was a monster. Not human, not wolf, but some bizarr

elf. "You can do th

them. I let scents wash over me, filtering through them one by one: pine, earth, water,

iliar with

laced by a surge of determination. I'd made

arveling at how fluid the movemen

ast, dodging trees, and leaping over logs

slipped out as I jumped over a big

hen I landed, another smell reached my nostr

s suddenly sinking in. No chirping birds, no rustli

t I knew it. Nyx's instincts entwined with m

ush. My heart was pounding so loud I was

d myself. "Be

snapped

low in my throat.

upon my bizarre form. They were twice my size,