I barely hear her now. My breath comes out in pants.

Suddenly, her warmth is pulled from me and all I can do is watch her be dragged away.

No, don’t take her.

The words become a chant, and my body sheds its fur. Now, I’m back as a man, yet the demand to kill is screaming within my mind. “No, don’t take her.”

Ramsey turns with a gleam in his eye. He looks surprised to see me like this. “Ah, so you turned back into your human form one last time before you die. How fitting.”

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