Power surged like fire through every vein.
The explosion came. Not physical. Spiritual. Wolf essence manifesting with intensity that made reality bend around me. Alpha dominance radiating in waves that forced lesser wolves to their knees. Power I'd kept carefully restrained suddenly unleashed without limit or control.
Human consciousness fragmented. Drowning. Disappearing beneath primal wolf awareness that recognized no strategy. No calculation. Just instinct. Hunt. Fight. Protect. Kill.
Mate injured. Students threatened. Enemy present.
Simple mathematics wolf understood perfectly.
Through fragmenting awareness, I felt myself moving. Wolf form fully manifested. Pure predator consciousness driving body that responded with speed and strength human mind couldn't access. Power channeling through every movement. Every breath. Every heartbeat synchronized with primal purpose.
Gideon stood twenty meters away. Threat. Enemy. Target requiring elimination.
I moved.
