Malrik POV

The shift ripped through me like a storm untamed, a savage current of ancient power sparking in my veins, tearing through bone and muscle as I yielded to the beast within.

My breath hitched. My heartbeat thundered like war drums in my ears.

And then Hade surfaced.

The transformation was never kind. It never offered mercy. Flesh split, fur erupted, my frame stretching into something monstrous, primal, more than man. My mind blurred at the edges, thought unraveling into raw ...