Testing Her Limits

POV: Valerie

I slowly awoke on the cold floor to the relentless, searing burning of the mark on my neck. The agonizing pain served as a bitter reminder of my remaining, suffocating shackles to Kaelen. I pushed myself up, my muscles aching in protest, and desperately reached inwardly into the depths of my mind. I frantically tried to locate my inner wolf, Zira. I searched the familiar spiritual co