Fifty-Three: Future.

KAYLA.

The scent of the woods trickled up my nose and the moment I closed my eyes, there was a sense of freedom that filled my entire body. The truth was I’d unknowingly kept my wolf repressed for so long amongst all the emotions I was so afraid of feeling.

But still Isla didn’t take so long to rise within me, rather she burst out like my claws, bonding both my supernatural side to my humanity. She slowly comes out and it’s not as violent mad frantic as the very first time but rather it feels like my body stretching into anew.

I could feel Lucien’s gaze pierce through me from a distance, watching my bones crack and my fingers flex and the fur that rose across my skin. My shoulders latched forward and all of a sudden, I was filled with senses that worked twice as much. My ears were sharp and my vision could see miles away now, although it could take some getting used to.

But before I did anything else, I stood still for a moment to heave a deep breath, an attempt to fill my lungs with