The pain radiating through my body was like nothing else I had ever experienced and I did not know what to do to make it stop. Every part of me was aching in a different way. Burning. Throbbing. Twinging. It felt like my body was about to self-combust from the pain. Shifting was not meant to happen like this. That much I knew. The fact there was a witness made it all the more unfortunate. Because, the pained and panicked expression upon Kael's face was enough to tell me he may well be scarred for life. This was something nobody should ever see; let alone a fated mate...
"Wren?" His voice was merely a whisper in the wind compared to the buzzing within my mind. "You need to focus."
