Easter~
The moment my paw touched Jacob's outstretched hand, the world lit up.
No—I lit up.
A current surged through me like lightning captured in glass. My entire body shivered as blue-white sparks burst from my fur, cascading down my limbs in flickers of glowing light. I gasped—if a wolf could gasp—as my bones shifted, my muscles recoiled, and my fur pulled back like a vanishing tide.
Pain came with it, sharp and wild—but it was short. A flash, a flicker, and then…
Warm skin.
My human body dropped to its knees, breath hitching as I clutched the soft grass beneath me. I looked down. Pale hands. Curly brown hair tumbling around my face. My voice trembled out of me like a breath of wind. "I… I'm back."
The cool air kissed my bare skin, and my heart thudded so hard it echoed in my ears. I looked up at Jacob, the man who'd offered me his hand. His warm brown eyes had widened in shock—real shock, like I'd just done something he didn't expect in the slightest.
His smile was gone.
