Chapter 103

Lusia   The cries of the councilman filled the air as he fell to the ground with a thud. I recalled that sound and I loved it. The sound of pain. It reminded me of the same pain I felt when I first shapeshifted. The feeling of your bones shredding and reshaping itself to take the shape of a cannibal. The bone-cracking moment when you are almost fully transformed and the electricity flowing through your veins as your body’s physiology and anatomy changes to take the shape of your inner spirit; your wolf. That was what that scream reminded me of.   He was shrieking in pain and the rest of the Elders in the council sat down quietly watching this. Some of them were terrified of what I had done, but I was enjoying this. I was showing them that I wasn’t weak which was something that Dane would have wanted. He had told me that if I wanted him to love me, I would have to get stronger and be ready to stand up for myself. That was the last thing he had said to me before I had left the pack. I co