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Garrick

The events of the border patrol the night before replayed in my mind as I paced the length of my private study. The attack, the overwhelming sense of helplessness as our powers failed us, and then... Ailith. The memory of her howl still sent shivers down my spine, a primal call that had awakened something deep within me and couldn't be denied.

The members of the patrol had been whispering about it all day—the overwhelming feelings of returning power and strength they had experienced with that howl; the way our muscles had grown suddenly stronger, our vision sharper, our claws longer and harder. No one could explain it and while the patrol were now almost all in on Team Ailith, other members' suspicions only grew.

As I made my way through the castle's winding corridors, I overheard heated voices coming from a nearby alcove. Recognizing them, I slowed my pace, listening.

"I'm telling you, Fenris, it was unlike anything I've ever felt before," came the hushed voice of Nyla, one o
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Damn! Of all times for a crisis! :)

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