Chapter 43

I suddenly heard a snap. I turned my head to the direction of the sound. Then, I heard a shuffling noise and a continuous thumping sound. I stood up for a few minutes before realizing what I was hearing—a wolf running with a pounding heart. But the thing was miles away. Far enough to strain a werewolf’s hearing.

I blinked in surprise. Sure, I could hear everything else around me, but the things I had heard before were in sight and close by.

I sighed. I was already changing, and it hadn’t even been twenty-four hours since I was bitten. Did I really have one to two weeks, as what Zaliver guessed I would have, before the change? Or was he wrong?

By now, the wolf had gotten closer and was about to burst through the forest in a few seconds.

A brown-coated wolf ran out of the forest. It hadn’t noticed me yet, but when it did, I could tell it was taken by surprise because it tripped the moment it lifted its head in my direction. Its front legs froze but its back legs continued moving. I knew