The Lycan Prince’s Wolfless Slave (Academy Romance) novel Chapter 123

Chapter 123

Lyra

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I can’t believe what is happening right now. If anyone had told me that I would actually shape-shift in my lifetime, I would have called them a filthy liar. I had accepted my fate as a wolfless failure. I had braced myself for a life of being less than everyone else.

But it’s happening. It’s real.

One second, I was falling off the ledge, screaming in terror as the wind whistled past my ears. I thought I was dead. I thought my story was over at the bottom of a virtual mountain. But then, everything changed. I wasn’t in control of my limbs anymore.

A sudden, violent heat exploded in my chest. It felt like I had swallowed the sun. Then came the pain. It wasn’t just a dull ache, it was th sound of my bones snapping and grinding against each other. My ribs cracked and reformed. My spine elongated with a sickening pop. My skin felt like it was being stretched to the breaking point, as if my whole body was about to burst from the inside out. I screamed, but the sound the came out wasn’t human.

Ever went dark for a moment. I felt the world tilt and shift. When I finally opened my eyes, I wasn’t falling anymore. I was clinging de of the mountain, my claws sunk deep into the stone. I looked down at my paws. They were covered in thick, majestic white fur.

to

1. I actually did it.

w that I’ve turned, I can feel Wyndra’s strength and presence all over me. It’s not like before, where she was just a voice in the back of

by head. Now, we are one. It’s like I am inside Wyndra, seeing through her eyes and feeling through her skin. Every sense is heightened

up to a thousand. I can smell the damp earth miles away. I can hear the heartbeat of the snakes in the crevices of the rocks. I can see

every single thing clearer than I ever did.

“I’m a wolf! I finally shifted! Woohoo!”

I want to scream it until the whole academy hears me. I feel a surge of pure, unfiltered joy. I start to climb back up the mountain, and this time, it’s easy. I don’t need the pointed stones or the ledges. My claws dig into the rock like it’s soft clay. I move with a speed I never

knew was possible.

The snakes don’t even try to strike. The moment I get close, they twist back in fear, hissing and scurrying away. They can feel the power

radiating off me. I’m not the prey anymore.

“I’m a wolf!” I yell again, the sound echoing off the peaks.

‘You’re actually not a wolf, Lyra,’ Wyndra’s voice speaks out.

I freeze for a second, my claws locked into the stone. Her voice isn’t in my head anymore. It sounds like it’s coming from my own throat, vibrating through my chest.

“What?” I ask, my voice sounding like

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Chapter 123

‘You’re a fox,’ she says. ‘A silver-white fox.’

It feels so good to hear her voice outside of my head. I take a moment to look at my reflection in a transparent spot on a ledge. I see a sleek, beautiful creature with ears that are more pointed than a wolf’s and a tail that is incredibly long and bushy. so…beautiful

“Whether I’m a wolf or a fox, I’m still a shifter!” I say, a burst of laughter bubbling up in my chest. “We finally did it, Wyndra! We really

did it!”

I don’t waste any more time. I speedily climb the rest of the mountain. In a matter of seconds, I reach the top of the mountain. I stand there, feeling the wind blowing against my white fur, and I feel like a queen. A conqueror. I fucking did it. I passed the first part.

‘Lyra, you have to shift back now,’ Wyndra warns. ‘The test is moving to the next stage. No one can know what you are. If they see a fox, they’ll ask questions we aren’t ready to answer.’

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