Grace POV

For a heartbeat after Damien swallows the black liquid, nothing happens.

Then his body convulses, and my stomach drops.

His spine arches as a scream tears from his throat, raising every hair on my body. The sound becomes something inhuman that makes every instinct scream danger.

His body begins to change. Not a natural wolf shift, but something twisted. His muscles bulge grotesquely, swelling beyond normal proportions. Midnight black fur erupts ...