CHAPTER 168: Trigger

LYRA

By the next morning, I'm already outside, burning off my energy and all the pent-up aggression in the forest behind the manor.

It feels good to run. It feels good to just be in my wolf's form.

The air is cold. Trees blur past as I push harder, lungs expanding, paws crunching in the wet dirt as I loop back toward the house. My breath comes out in soft white clouds as I skid to a halt in the cl