RYKER’S POV

Her wolf was here.

I stumbled back slightly, stunned. Lyra’s eyes blazed gold, her fists crackling with energy like I had never seen before. “Lyra,” My voice was gentle as I tried to reach her human side.

“It’s me.”

But she didn’t hear me. Her claws tore through my shoulder, causing blood to spill across my robe, but I didn’t mind.

I was contemplating the discreet path to take to the woods for her first shift when I noticed something was wrong.

She wasn’t ...