From my elevated position, I could hear the sound of Elias’s clothes ripping as he shifted. I didn’t even need to see him to know what was happening. The next moment, I heard his feral howl echo through the woods—and then his massive black wolf form lunged and sank its powerful jaws into the ogre’s leg.
The ogre gave a startled, high-pitched whimper. Its grip on me faltered for a second. I nearly slipped from its hold, but it managed to clamp down on me again, even as pain twisted its grotesque features.
It tried to kick Elias away, swinging its huge foot with deadly force, then attempted to crush him beneath its massive body. I screamed at it to stop—to leave Elias alone—but it didn’t even acknowledge my voice. It wasn’t listening. It didn’t care.
Something inside me broke loose. A wil
