CHAPTER 24 – Rachel

My eyes snapped open, the second the twig snapped behind me. The prey was perhaps a hundred feet away maybe less there were two of them no three. They were approaching quickly too fast for humans, and I had no idea how I knew that. Before they were upon me, I bounded to my feet in a move that would have made Jackie Chan proud.

Three males were circling; my teeth no longer ached there were extended and sharp. Hair sprouted on the backs of the hands and my body elongated. My mouth...