Chapter 73: Full Wolf

Sage begins before I get the chance, showing and explaining what happened to him in Europe. I wince when he shares the experience of being bitten. It's the first time he's allowed me to know what really occurred. I'm with him on the dark road heading for the hostel, feel his sadness as he thinks of me, the way his heart rate leaps as a dark shape throws itself from the forest and lands on him-

"A wolf!" I gasp the word, looking down at him. "You said it at the time, but no one believed you." But it's true. The form that bit him was lupine, not a wereshape.

Sage nods. Does that mean something?

I don't know. "I've always been told turning full wolf means the end of my humanity." The wolf in Sage's image is huge, dark with red tones and has the feel of Caine. But that means he's able to shift from human form to full wolf without losing himself. How is that possible?