One bite, one scratch in this form was all it took to infect her. The full moon had risen above them, dappled light CARNAL KNOWLEDGE Celeste Anwar 48 shining down through the edges of the trees. The change would be almost instantaneous ... if she survived. May god have mercy on his soul. Navarre sank his wolf’s teeth into her neck. She moaned softly, whimpering as he released her. He shuddered, shaking off his shift as he changed into his human form. He crouched next to her, naked, touching her body as the first spasm wracked through her. Her eyes flew open, looking up at him but not seeing, filled with pain. She screamed, grasping his wrist with a strength that would break a mortal man. A ripple flowed over her skin like water. The blood from her wounds ceased its flow abruptly. Fire flashed beneath his palm, her skin going feverish hot, and he felt the movement of bone, heard the sharp crack as it shifted, collapsing upon itself. She screamed again and again, arching her back, releasing him as her body seized.
