her from
his beast when she was attacking him.
“Ah!” She cried out.
Dimitri’s head lifted quickly, forgetting his own pain
temporarily as he watched the girl fall to her knees. He could see the muscles
tensing beneath her soft skin as her eyes widened to the size of saucers, but
this time something else was scaring her. Her mouth fell open but no sound
escaped as her back arched and a tear slid down her cheek.
Oh no. No, no, he pleaded silently as he kept
his eyes on her. She was going to shift on him. It would be a recipe for
disaster if she changed while he was battling to cling onto his human form. He
had only been able to save her because he didn’t feel threatened at the time,
but if he came face to face with her as a bear, the outcome could possibly be very
different.
“Control it,” he ordered as he moved closer to her.
“You can’t do this right now. Please.”
“Get away from me!” She shrieked before crying out in
agony. “Get away!”
Dimitri’s heart was pumping more blood through his veins
in anticipation of his change. He moved his hands to cup her face. “Please
listen to me. You can’t change right now. You’ve got to fight it, do you
understand? You’ve got to calm down.”
He watched as she gazed at him with such intense fear
in her eyes. She reminded him of a puppy who just heard thunder for the first
time.
“What’s happening to me?” She asked weakly as tears
rolled down her reddened cheeks.
It was then that realization donned on Dimitri and his
hands dropped from her face. A frown formed on his lips as he shook his head
slowly.
“You really don’t have any idea what you are, do you?”
He asked.
The girl couldn’t respond and he understood why. She
was fighting the beast that longed to take control, and he knew all too well
how hard of a fight that could be.
“Just focus on something else,” he said calmly as he
reached his hand out to rest against her shoulder. He could feel her body as
it trembled violently and the muscles beneath were tightening. He imagined it
was painful for her.
“What’s happening to me?!” She screamed as she threw
herself forward, fingertips digging into the dirt as she clawed at the ground’s
surface. “It hurts!”
“I know,” he whispered as he tried to massage the
muscles of her shoulder. He knew it probably didn’t help, but he was trying.
“Just focus on something else. Something that will keep you grounded. What
about your mate? Tell me about your mate.”
“I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about,” she
gasped as the bones in her hands began to crack. “ Make it stop .”
“I don’t know how to make it stop,” he confessed as he
frowned. “Don’t you have a mate?”
“No!” She bellowed as she suddenly fell to the ground,
curling up into the fetal position as the tips of her fingers broke open and
long claws began to protrude through. “Oh God, make it stop!” She screamed.
“What’s happening?”
Dimitri was at a loss for words as he saw the thick
white fur growing on her arms. Her skin was beginning to swell and he knew the
change was going to happen no matter what. He also understood it was partially
his fault for not being able to keep her calm. He was messing up left and
right, wasn’t he?
He’d almost forgotten his own battle until he felt his
spine breaking and he let out a grunt, collapsing against the cave floor. He
slammed his fist through a nearby stone and felt it break from the force. No,
no. I have to stay human for her! He pleaded with the wolf, trying to
reason with him as the bones in his legs began to break and shift. Please
don’t do this. She’s not our enemy!
A low growl sounded from deep
within his chest as he turned his head away from her, still clinging to the
last bit of humanity in his mind as his incisors extended. He could hear the
whines escaping from the she-bear as her transition neared completion and as
much as he wanted to look at her, he couldn’t.
his beast when she was attacking him.
“Ah!” She cried out.
Dimitri’s head lifted quickly, forgetting his own pain
temporarily as he watched the girl fall to her knees. He could see the muscles
tensing beneath her soft skin as her eyes widened to the size of saucers, but
this time something else was scaring her. Her mouth fell open but no sound
escaped as her back arched and a tear slid down her cheek.
Oh no. No, no, he pleaded silently as he kept
his eyes on her. She was going to shift on him. It would be a recipe for
disaster if she changed while he was battling to cling onto his human form. He
had only been able to save her because he didn’t feel threatened at the time,
but if he came face to face with her as a bear, the outcome could possibly be very
different.
“Control it,” he ordered as he moved closer to her.
“You can’t do this right now. Please.”
“Get away from me!” She shrieked before crying out in
agony. “Get away!”
Dimitri’s heart was pumping more blood through his veins
in anticipation of his change. He moved his hands to cup her face. “Please
listen to me. You can’t change right now. You’ve got to fight it, do you
understand? You’ve got to calm down.”
He watched as she gazed at him with such intense fear
in her eyes. She reminded him of a puppy who just heard thunder for the first
time.
“What’s happening to me?” She asked weakly as tears
rolled down her reddened cheeks.
It was then that realization donned on Dimitri and his
hands dropped from her face. A frown formed on his lips as he shook his head
slowly.
“You really don’t have any idea what you are, do you?”
He asked.
The girl couldn’t respond and he understood why. She
was fighting the beast that longed to take control, and he knew all too well
how hard of a fight that could be.
“Just focus on something else,” he said calmly as he
reached his hand out to rest against her shoulder. He could feel her body as
it trembled violently and the muscles beneath were tightening. He imagined it
was painful for her.
“What’s happening to me?!” She screamed as she threw
herself forward, fingertips digging into the dirt as she clawed at the ground’s
surface. “It hurts!”
“I know,” he whispered as he tried to massage the
muscles of her shoulder. He knew it probably didn’t help, but he was trying.
“Just focus on something else. Something that will keep you grounded. What
about your mate? Tell me about your mate.”
“I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about,” she
gasped as the bones in her hands began to crack. “ Make it stop .”
“I don’t know how to make it stop,” he confessed as he
frowned. “Don’t you have a mate?”
“No!” She bellowed as she suddenly fell to the ground,
curling up into the fetal position as the tips of her fingers broke open and
long claws began to protrude through. “Oh God, make it stop!” She screamed.
“What’s happening?”
Dimitri was at a loss for words as he saw the thick
white fur growing on her arms. Her skin was beginning to swell and he knew the
change was going to happen no matter what. He also understood it was partially
his fault for not being able to keep her calm. He was messing up left and
right, wasn’t he?
He’d almost forgotten his own battle until he felt his
spine breaking and he let out a grunt, collapsing against the cave floor. He
slammed his fist through a nearby stone and felt it break from the force. No,
no. I have to stay human for her! He pleaded with the wolf, trying to
reason with him as the bones in his legs began to break and shift. Please
don’t do this. She’s not our enemy!
A low growl sounded from deep
within his chest as he turned his head away from her, still clinging to the
last bit of humanity in his mind as his incisors extended. He could hear the
whines escaping from the she-bear as her transition neared completion and as
much as he wanted to look at her, he couldn’t.
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