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intertwining scents of forest life. And closer, I smell something powerful. Something unusual and yet intimately familiar – an animal.
    Me.
    I crane my neck down – my human body is gone. Replaced with wolf. I lift my paw towards my face, filled with awe.
    My mind is quietening; thoughts recede. My awareness is dominated by senses. Power surges through me – adrenaline like never before. Electric strength flows through me. My muscles itch for use. I'm shaking, trembling with energy. Those scents of life, drifting through the trees, capture my attention again, and I long to run into the forest.
    “Stay calm.” The voice makes me jump in shock. I look up to see Adam standing beside me. Surprise turns instantly to animal rage. An overwhelming anger which can only be quenched with blood.
    A tiny part of me registers his presence, recognizes him – but that part is silenced by the instincts of the wolf. It's already too late.
    I leap at him, teeth bared. Adam dodges with unbelievable speed, and my jaws snap shut on air. I land and turn to him again, growling.
    I must tear his flesh.
    “Fiona! Fight the urge!”
    But his words are without meaning – merely the fearful cry of prey. I leap again, and once more he dodges my attack. Adam turns and runs towards the forest, and I take chase, burning with a lust for blood. My mouth salivates at the thought of sinking my teeth into him.
    As Adam reaches the threshold of the forest, he leaps into the air and emits a flash of light. He hits the ground as a majestic gray wolf and sprints into the forest.
    I am close behind.
    As I enter the forest, I feel a change within myself. A reverential hush, as if I'm entering a dark and beautiful place of worship. A home I never knew I missed.
    But all this registers only dimly. The hunt is on. All else fades to the peripheral.
    My paws pound the earth as I weave through the trees and underbrush, close on Adam's tail. I can't gain on him; he's too agile, too fast. But his fluid movement is beautiful. I fall into his rhythm, emulating his gait, and my rage is quickly forgotten, transmuted into a fierce joy and exhilaration – no longer the exhilaration of the hunt, but the simple joy of running. I gain on Adam now, and we run together, side by side.
    Time evaporates, melts into a sequence of movements automatic yet precisely chosen. Adam and I run flank to flank through the night, experiencing one joyful discovery after another – the scents and sounds and life of the forest.
    We finally reach a moonlit clearing, full of lush, waving grass. A brook bubbles softly, the water tinkling on smooth-worn rocks. The place emanates a kind of magic, and when we reach it, Adam and I pause and linger. I am panting from exertion. We drink from the brook, and the water is sweet and rejuvenating.
    Adam transforms back to human. He makes strange sounds and gestures towards me, and something tickles in the back of my mind – there is something in the sounds he's making, some meaning to be gleaned...
    I feel a stir inside me, beneath the wolf instincts. Something is unfurling, coming back to life. Suddenly, the noises Adam utters begin to make sense.
    “You can do it,” he says. “Bring yourself back to the surface of your mind. Wake yourself from the wolf-state.”
    And in the clear silence of the wolf-mind, Fiona begins to stir. The wolf falls away like a fur gown, receding into darkness. My body begins to change, the white glow enveloping me again, the fur falling from my body. My limbs transform, lengthen and shift beneath my skin. My face retracts, flattening back to its human shape.
    And then I was me again.
    I was on my hands and knees beside the stream. Adam was standing over me, holding out his hand and grinning.
    “You did it!” he said, lifting me to my feet. “How did it feel?”
    “It was amazing!” I said, flooded with elation. “The thrill of running... I felt like I was part of the forest!” I was gesticulating wildly, aware of my