𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐀
Behind me, I heard Kaleb's shocked inhale. Zayne's sharp intake of breath. Rafayel's stifled curse.
They were staring at the thing I had become, but I couldn't find it in me to care.
Because Sonya was in front of me, and every ounce of rage, fear, and betrayal I had buried for years was surging to the surface like a tidal wave. She had framed me. Tortured me. Orchestrated my slow, agonizing death. She had hurt Cheese and poisoned Thaddeus with her lies.
And I was done.
I propelled myself forward.
My body moved with a predatory instinct I hadn't known I possessed, closing the distance between us in a blur of white fur and my own lethal intent. I slammed into her with the full, staggering force of my new weight, driving her back into the crumbling stone wall.
The masonry shattered, dust exploding outward in a choking cloud.
