Chapter 18 : Shifting

*Arealla*

My fears turned out to be well placed. Even though I had half-shifted last night with Marcus, nothing we did seemed to make it come back out now.

"Okay, stop," Liana said, staring at my face with an incredulous expression. "That just looks terrible."

I dropped the stance that I'd been holding, not even sure what I was trying to do myself. It had worked with emotion last night, but obviously that couldn't be the key every single time. I'd seen wolves just transform without having to go through some intense crisis for each transformation.

But whatever the key was, I just wasn't getting it. We spent hours trying different techniques, but I was getting more and more frustrated as we didnt get very far.

"You could try talking to your wolf," Liana suggested hopefully. "Maybe she can help you."

I wasn't so sure. She hadn't come out last night because I'd been talking to her. She had spoken to me because I had unlocked it.

But still. I was at my wits end, and I was read