Irabel
Irabel was home.
Well, not home in the literal sense, but...
The feel of her paws pounding the forest dirt, the wind caressing her fur as she dashed through the woods. The heightened senses, the power in her legs... the magnificence of her wolf... it felt like home.
More than home actually.
Because her wolf — her new wolf — she hadn't even seen it for herself yet, and still she knew she would be blown away. Her old wolf couldn't compare.
And maybe, yes, a part of her had hoped to get that piece of her old self back.
But this new her?
Extraordinary.
She'd felt it in the intensity of her shift. The pain that came with every bone in her body reshaping itself, every stretch of muscle and skin, giving way to her incredible form. The magic piercing through her, drawing the b
