Abby ran from the room, ignoring Lucas as he shouted for her to stop. She burst out of the building into the cool morning air and didn’t slow down. Someone else called her name, but she didn’t turn to see who it was.
She ran east. Through the courtyard, past the barracks, and straight into the woods. She barely paused, only long enough to strip off her clothes before the shift took her.
Marli broke free, paws slamming into the earth as she tore through the forest. Abby sank into the back of her wolf’s mind, letting Marli take over, letting the burn in their muscles and lungs dull the agony that clawed at her chest.
All she could see was Joe’s eyes widening when he realized what she held.
All she could hear was his agonized groan as the wolfsbane burned through his veins.
All she coul
