Chapter 53

ABBY

{Tuesday, 4 days after the blood moon}

How it felt to become a wolf was still surreal to me and hard to explain.

Bones shifting and restructuring, muscles tearing and expanding, joins readjusting and thickening. My nails turned into claws, teeth became fangs, fur appeared on my skin, and my hunger for meat heightened.

How do I explain that I felt like a stranger in my body? Being a werewolf made me feel like I was harboring a wolf inside me that sometimes controlled my actions.

But when I turned into a wolf, it felt like I was the one in the wolf's body struggling to control it.

Xavier wasn’t fazed as I pinned him to the ground, and the smug look on his face made it clear that he was expecting me to react the way I did.

“Well done, Abby,” he grinned as I stepped back. “You’ve successfully connected with your inner wolf. Even without a full moon.”

I stared at my arm as the fur shrunk until I could see my skin again, and the claws retracted.

I felt my bones readjust as I stood,