Chapter 67

VIVIAN'S POV

"You're holding back."

I closed my eyes, trying not to glare at Sylvara. I was on the ground again. "I'm giving it my all."

"Listen to your body. Listen to your wolf, wolf girl."

I opened my eyes to see her holding her hand out to me, which I grabbed, letting her help me up. "But this is magic. This isn't shifting. What does that have to do with it?"

"Your senses. You're ignoring them. You don't have to shift to pay attention to your wolf."

I let myself feel, listen, smell. Then I heard it—the sound of something coming behind me. I whipped around in time to see a vine coming straight towards me, and I sliced it in half with the force of energy Sylvara had already taught me to wield like a sword. She was a much better teacher than Clarence. She was vicious and in it to win it.

I spun around, grinning at her, her expression matching mine. "I think you're catching on," she said.

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