Chapter23

Astrid

I stood frozen, my body hitched in both fear and awe. A blur of power ran through me igniting my entire being. I was no longer the same. I had changed, shifted. I was in wolf form.

My vision sharpened as it revealed every single detail of the dungeon around me. The scent of damp stone and decay was overwhelming, yet my nose sorted through it, picking out each individual smell. The iron of dried blood, the musky scent of the guard in front of me.

I lifted my hands, and to my amazement, there were paws with huge claws on them. I stood with a balance I had never felt—I felt immovable. I could feel the fur on my skin, thick, its silken strands brushing against the air as I shifted slightly. My claws were sharp, as they clicked and cracked the stone floor as I mov……