Hale doubled over in pain as he let out a roar of protest. “Ivy, stop!”

“Stop fighting, Hale, let him out,” I pleaded with a smile. “I promise it will be okay.”

I needed them in their true forms, and the more he resisted, the harder it would be to make this work. “Leikos... I need you to take me.”

A flash of gold blew through Hale’s eyes as he roared again, but this time the pounding against Talon’s bedroom door from Damian caught my attention, ...