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room. The scent of damp wood and dust filled the air, clinging to my skin as I sat on the creaking mattress. My body ached from the day's work, scrubbing floors, hauling firewood,

me believe in. "Elixir, my love," he used to say, "you're destined for greatness. You're spe

back b

, clutching his frail hand in mine. My stepmother, the ever dutiful actress, dabbed at her eyes

r rasped, his voice barely audible

my stepmother asked,

n intensity that made my chest ache. "She is special. One day, s

hest, her voice thick with false sincerity. "I

ope flickered in my heart. But that hope died the

d been nothing but a lie. Days after his death, my stepmother shed her façade and

ice cutting through me like a blade. "You'll never amount to

ty years old and still hadn't shifted. Most wolves experienced their

lease, if you're listening, grant me a wolf. Let me

so intense that it stole the breath from my lungs. I doubled over,

ords died in my throat as the pai

weren't meant to. A guttural scream tore from my lips as I co

u!" Amaya's shrill voic

e stood in the doorway, her arms cro

ed out. "Can't it w

have a death wish, you cursed bitch. Get your

o ignore the wave of rage that surged through me. But before I could get u

reamed as my spine arched unnaturally, the snapping of bones filling the air like the cr

me?" I sobbed, tears

tte of black, white, and shades of gray. My teeth elongated, sharp and

d human, yet neither fully. The transformation was both agonizing and i

stopped. I lay on the floor, gaspin

d, but my voice sounded stran

e doorway. My stepmother and Amaya sto

mother shrieked, h

ds wouldn't come. Instead, a low growl ru

house. I was left alone, trembling and confused, my sens

ightened senses picked up every creak in the flo

g to me?" I whispered, my