In a war between the wolves and the bears, only the lost bear princess will be able to stop this fighting. Else, the bears will continue to fight themselves to exhaustion or to death.

"It's up to you," Nicholas said. "I believe in you. You can do this."

I closed my eyes. Miracle was still exhausted, but I begged for her.

*People could die, Miracle. We have to find a way to stop this fighting." We both knew the only answer would be to shift.

Miracle and I were not weak-willed. For too long, we'd been the victims of this plight. First being kidnapped, then everything with the underground organization, and now a war?

I, for one, was done standing by letting other people save me. This time, I would be the one to stop this war and save everyone else.

Miracle's determination matched mine. I gave her what strength I could, and together, we brought the wolf forward. I shifted.

Nicholas, seeing me as a wolf, shifted to, into his much larger Alpha wolf form.

Then, he threw back his head and howled. Pulled in my strength of his howl, I too pulled my head back and did the same.

Soon, all of the wolves across the battlefield did likewise, joining in an eerie chorus of wolf cries and howls.

The bears, still shifted, seemed startled. They looked toward us, standing up high near the entrance to what I could see now was a castle of some kind.

The fighting, for now, had ceased. But with the bears unsure, the peace wouldn't last. The bears needed their own hope. Their own reason to give up the fight.

And I had it.

"Now, Miracle," I said in my mind. Together, we gathered our remaining strength and pushed our bear form to the front.

shifted from wolf to bear. Somehow, I was still smaller than Nicholas's Alpha wolf

My purpose?

a heavy breath and then

lifted up onto their hind legs. Others jumped in small circles, too

restored, both wolves and bears

bear

and a bear in one!" said one of the wolves. "And Prince Nicholas's fiancé

a familiar pair: Julian and

this mean

So I shifted back into human form. Nicholas quickly shifted as well, next to me. He reached out as I stumbled, suddenly exhausted,

hurried the rest of

"You okay?" Julian asked.

*Tired," I admitted.

believe that," Julian said. "Not many people can shift from a wolf to a bear and back again. In fact, I don't know anyone else who can do that."

to stand on my own, Veronica stepped forward

wasn't easy," Veronica said. "I wasn't sure it was even possible, but I couldn't give up. We'd lost Jane to Hawk, but I wouldn't lose you. The book from

I hugged her again.

by another -

he said,

please," I said

seemed surprised at first, but obeyed. Then he cleared his throat, "If you would permit me, my princess, your parents

With everything going on, I hadn't really even considered that side of it. Yesterday, I

Nicholas. He met my gaze with one of his own.

carefully neutral. He would not sway

Nicholas were my true home. "Once we're safely

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