Chapter Seventy-One: Shifting Natala (Emerald) POV: Pain, excruciating pain, that's all I felt. Like lava running through my veins as I felt my bones break and repair over and over again. My senses went black, then came back to life, the same thing happening over and over again. I vaguely remember hearing Da and the triplet's voices to take me under the moonlight. At first, I only felt my mates around me, but now I could sense other presences around me. My sense of smell was muffled, but I could vaguely pick out a few, with my mate's scents as the strongest. It was probably my family, but hell, if I didn't want to scream at them, this wasn't a damn show, and I didn't need them hovering around me. Everything hurt so much. No one had prepared me for this pain. I had honestly thought it wo

