Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Cole shifts to bear form and wades into the river to bring down the bridge's center pillar. Thorne opens fire on the Greys detachment, pinning them at the T-junction. Cole demolishes the pillar and collapses the bridge, cutting Masovich off from Kalynka. The detachment scatters; several flee south. Masovich fires on the collapsed bridge in frustration, then retreats to his sedan and drives south toward a secondary route. Shadow reports from the far bank that she's picked up Masovich's scent again. Thorne orders the team to pursue. The chapter ends with Masovich's taunting broadcast cutting through their radio frequency, proving he knows they're listening.
Cole’s skin rippled, a sickening tide of flesh and bone shifting beneath the borrowed fabric. The stolen fatigues, already too loose, stretched and tore with the wet, structural crunch of living branches snapping. Fur, thick and dark, erupted across broadening shoulders, obscuring the angry lines of old scars. His spine curved, thickened, each vertebra a hammer blow against his internal organs. Fingers curled, elongating into wicked, obsidian claws, and his skull reshaped itself with a sound that would never cease to haunt his nightmares. The ragged scar bisecting his left eyebrow vanished beneath the burgeoning pelt as the transformation consumed him.
Then, the bear stood where Cole had been. A creature of raw, primal power, its dark brown mass dwarfing Thorne. Its shoulders were level with Thorne's head, a towering silhouette against the pale winter sky. Deep bellows pulled from its chest, each exhalation a fogging plume in the frigid air. But the eyes—those were still Cole’s eyes, intelligent and fiercely focused, now fixed on Thorne.
“Go,” Thorne said, his voice tight.
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