Chapter 231: Shifting Early

Moana

I felt my eyes go wide at Kat’s proposition.

“Really?” I asked quietly. “You could actually help me shift… today?”

Kat nodded with a smile on her face. “It’s easy,” she replied. “You could get it over with really quickly.”

I could feel my wolf reacting strongly to this. It had felt as though Mina was coming close to shifting for a while, ever since Edrick and I marked each other, but it still hadn’t happened. And maybe, just maybe… shifting could finally make all of this ambiguity stop.

“What do you think?” I asked Mina.

She seemed excited. “We should do it,” she replied. “I’ve been feeling stuck, like I keep coming close to shifting but I just can’t make it happen all the way. This could be what I need… And I trust Kat.”

I agreed with Mina. With a smile, I nodded at Kat. More than anything, I was just excited to finally be able to shift. Maybe then, Edrick wouldn’t think that I was so incapable of taking care of myself.

Maybe if I shifted, I could actually be my own person again, and not a damsel in distress who needed a man to protect me.

do it,” I

We were still within sight of the house itself despite being in the forest a little ways.

the forest we walked, the more quickly the air temperature lowered. Soon, I let

the forest that can help induce the shifting process. We need wolfsbane and valerian roots. It shouldn’t be too hard to find either of those around here…” Kat looked around as we walked, occasionally pausing to check by tree stumps or

in the trees where we could see the house was becoming smaller, and the house was turning into a small speck in the distance. I started to get worried that we would eventually lose our way in the woods, especially since it was getting much darker out because of the

I decided not to cause a fuss. As we kept walking further into the forest, I felt my

to the air,

I asked, looking up at the sky as Kat let go of my hand for a moment to stoop down behind

the wind started to whip my hair around me even through the trees, which only solidified

in her hand. They were a dark purple color, and she

be a little more difficult to find, but we should be able to find some if we go just a little deeper into the

followed her once again as she started walking down a gradual slope with the wolfsbane in her

happens when we find the valerian?” I asked.

shook her head. “You can simply ingest them, so long as

happens after

look into a hollow tree trunk. She muttered

you shift out here. I’ll keep an eye on you, so if it gets to be too much and

I wanted Edrick by my side when I shifted for the first time. It was scary to know that he wouldn’t be next to me when I shifted, and when I looked up, I realized that the house was no

to fall. It was just a drizzle now, but I could tell from

tomorrow. This oncoming storm

me with

“He’ll just make up an excuse or tell you that it’s too

Something felt amiss, but maybe it was just my nerves getting to me. Maybe she was right; maybe Edrick wouldn’t let me shift, and it would only make things even

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