I didn't hesitate. I gave in to the pull, launching myself forward as my body expanded. In a fraction of a second, my bones snapped and lengthened, thick fur erupting across my skin as I burst into my massive wolf form mid-air.
I came down like a falling boulder directly on top of the last guard. He let out a terrified, high-pitched scream, but it died instantly in his throat as my heavy jaws clamped shut around his neck. With one violent, savage jerk of my head, I ripped into him, tearing his head completely off. As his body went limp beneath my paws, a dark, vicious thought flashed through my mind: God, I wish I could have done that to Zack.
I scrambled backward just in time as a barrage of piercing, necrotic magical darts hissed through the air, singeing the fur on my shoulder.
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