Lily POV
I tried to shift into my wolf form and nothing happened.
Standing in the middle of the forest area where I used to run every morning, I closed my eyes and reached for that familiar feeling deep inside me. The place where my wolf lived, where the wild part of me had always been waiting.
Empty.
It was like grabbing for a light switch in a dark room and finding nothing but air. My dog - the part of me that had been there since birth - was just gone.
"Come on," I whispered to myself, trying again. I focused harder, pushing with everything I had left. My body trembled with effort, but I stayed annoyingly human.
A twig snapped behind me. I spun around to find Caleb watching from the tree line, his face full of hope and pain.
"I felt you trying to shift," he said quietly. "Through the pack bond."
"The pack bond still works?" I asked, surprised by the silence in my own voice.
