You enter my land, you don’t leave it. My vision blurred. My claws tore through my fingertips, extending into deadly curved weapons. My eyes turned pitch black, the beast breaking through my skin without the need to shift into wolf form. I didn’t need my wolf. I was already the monster. I launched myself forward. The first rogue didn’t even have time to blink. I rammed into him, my claws slashing through his throat, ripping through muscle and bone. His body fell before he even registered I was there. Blood sprayed across my face. Another rogue charged. I caught him mid-leap, dragging my claws across his chest, cracking ribs and puncturing lungs. I shoved his body aside like it was nothing. They came at me. One. Two. Three. Six. I tore through all of them. My hands were weapons,

