Louis's Pov

She fainted in my arms right after the shift.

Not the gentle kind either. Not the cinematic fall-into-his-chest type.

Her entire body buckled, like something inside her had finally snapped loose and didn’t know how to piece itself back together.

Tyler, my wolf, had howled in triumph the moment her red wolf emerged, but the joy didn’t last long.

She collapsed, still halfway in her other form, still leaking adrenaline and moonlight. I held her close, checked her ...