#Chapter 201: The Cat’s Out Of The Bag

Cara’s POV With the Global Princess Competition drawing near, I was running out of time to be able to shift into my wolf. Alaric’s closeness was helping. When I meditated now, I was so much closer to reaching Lucy. I could feel her so much closer than before. Yet, still, frustratingly, I could never quite get near enough to touch her, to wake her, or to return her to me. Things became worse when at the second rehearsal for the opening ceremony, the director asked us to shift once more. Though I had revealed to her after the last terrible rehearsal that I had been unable to shift, that didn’t seem to matter much. The only thing that changed was that she did not call me out this time, instead ignoring me entirely. She still asked the rest to shift however, so it was obvious when I did not, especially when I was bracketed by Claudia and Charlotte, the two massive grizzly bears. Again, I felt the curious and accusatory eyes of my fellow contenders. Though, this time, I also noti