Aria's POV
Later that morning, I went to the training grounds. Elona was already there. She stood in the center of the enclosed field wearing a small training outfit, her dark hair tied back while one of the senior warriors crouched several feet in front of her.
She looked tiny compared to the warriors surrounding her. But there was nothing timid about her.
"Again," the trainer said.
Elona nodded. She closed her eyes.
I watched carefully. Formal wolf nature training was different from ordinary physical training. We weren't simply teaching a child how to shift.
We were teaching her how to recognize the wolf beneath her human instincts, how to control heightened senses, how to establish a mental connection with her wolf, and eventually how to shift without losing herself.
For a young
