I looked at Kenzo, who was staring at me intently. It was crazy because had Meeny got to me a few weeks earlier, everything she offered would have possibly enticed me because that was all I wanted for the last year. Now, though, I realized all the things I wanted before weren’t real. I wasn’t living my true life. I wasn’t really happy. I was just existing. I didn’t hate shifters. How could I when I was one? My dad, my sister, my best friend, and my mate were all shifters too. Reconnecting with my wolf did more than just allow me to shift. It helped me remember everything. Everything they wanted me to forget, I remembered. My destiny, my family, my instinct, I remembered it all, and now that I knew who I really was, there was no going back to the lie of the life I lived before.
“Bellamy…” Kenzo spoke cautiously.
“Break it.”
Simultaneously, we both smashed the heart-shaped crystals.
“You fucking idiot!” Meenie snarled at me in disgust, then zoomed through the portal before it closed all the way.
After finishing off the few remaining shifters left over, everyone reconvened around Halo’s still limp body. Finding outthe three wolves that joined were Delcan, Yves and Alexander made sense. Cree had shifted back to his human form and was now cradling Halo’s body.
“I can’t connect to her through our bond,” Cree desperately said while looking at Tiny.
“It’s not for you to connect with her,” Tiny responded while looking at me. “Bellamy, wake your friend up.”
I didn’t know what the hell to do, but that didn’t stop me from going over to Halo and nudging her with my snout.
“Halo…”I tried to mindspeak with her. Since we were so close, I figured it might work. To my shock she replied.
“I’m here.”
“You can hear me?”
“I can. I remember… Everything.”She sounded calm with hints of excitement.
“Me too.”
“I wanna shift… I’m scared, though.”
“Shift so we can run together like we used to.”
“What if I get stuck?”
“You have to trust your wolf. Know she’s going to always do what’s best for you. If you get stuck, know I’m stuck with you.”
Halo didn’t immediately reply. “Okay,”Halo timidly responded.
A few minutes of silence passed, and then Halo’s body began to shake. Gray fur began sprouting from body, and she began to slowly transform into her wolf.
“What the fuck?” Cree said in amazement.
Slowly, Halo opened her eyes in her wolf form. The first thing she did was lick all over Cree’s face in excitement before hopping out of his arms. Then she trotted around everyone, sniffing and looking at everything in amazement.
“I can’t believe I really shifted,”Halo said before sitting down next to me.
“Love and friendship are powerful,”was my reply.
“That they are.” Tiny smirked at us proudly.
Halo walked back over to Cree and nudged him until he shifted back into his wolf.
“Let’s run,” Halo said.Then Cree, Halo, Yves, Delcan and Alexander took off running.
“Hell nah! I’m not a damn wolf. I don’t need to run,” Kenzo grunted before sitting down on his ass in protest.
“Pleaseee. This one time,”I begged while rubbing my wolf against Kenzo.
“I’m not running… but I’ll follow behind you to keep you safe,” Kenzo begrudgingly said.
