Gideon’s POV
“The first time you shift, everything feels larger than life. Your wolf’s voice speaks in your head for the first time. His senses overwhelm yours. You see, smell, hear, everything as though it were amplified through a megaphone.
“The first time I shifted, the forest called to me in an imperative siren’s song. There was nothing better for a young boy and wolf to do than to shift and run free under the full moon.
“I was a gangly, moody teenager, desperate for my parent’s approval. I didn’t understand at the time that to them, I was just a means of securing their succession.
“They weren’t prepared for my intensity, and although they were the leaders of the pack, from an early age they became submissive to me, and resented me for it. The Alpha genes were so defined in me,
