(ALICE)
I feel a strange sensation building inside me. I've never experienced it before. It's like a fire within, something stirring, waking up from a long sleep. Emotions that are not my own course through me. Anger, rage, incredible hurt, outrage. It's like there's another being in there. It's not me. These feelings are not mine.
Something stretches inside my mind, something sleek and graceful, something furious.
I always wondered what it felt like to have a wolf spirit. But feeling this other creature residing in my mind, watching through my eyes, is not how I imagined it. I don't know how I know this is my wolf spirit. Perhaps it is instinct. I just know.
I don't lack a wolf spirit! That's another shocking blow.
But why now? Why show up when my life is breaking apart?
A small, desperate voice within me whispers wistfully, "Would Darian still reject me if he knew I do have a wolf spirit?"
That sliver of hope is crushed instantly by the small flicker of pride I have left.
