XXIII: The dark road ahead Part III

I cautiously approached, nervously inching closer until the horn was within reach. But instead of extending my hand, I glanced at my father, who smiled and nodded encouragingly. Then I tuned forward again and, swallowing hard, reached out with my hand toward the horn.

When my skin brushed against the bone, a powerful heat came to me like a rushing wind. I felt it passing through my body and seeping into my spirit, and I closed my eyes and concentrated on my mindscape, where I found Selene groaning on the ground as the purest white energy came into her being through every pore. Bones cracked and mended, skin rippled and readjusted, and even her fur underwent a transformation from black with red tufts to fiery red and then yellow.

What I had thought was a panther turned out to be a tigress.