Ice Wolves by Amie Kaufman

Author:Amie Kaufman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2018-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

AFTER LUNCH THEY HAD PHYSICAL fitness with Professor Ennar. Despite Mateo, Jai, and Sakarias all warning him not to eat too much—and when Sakarias told you not to eat, you knew it was serious—Anders was nearly sick in the first ten minutes. Ennar didn’t seem the least bit sympathetic as they ran until he thought his lungs would burst, and he had no chance to think over what Hayn had said.

When it was time to transform, though he’d been finding it easier and easier, he struggled to catch at the seed of the wolf inside him and manage the transformation. Around him, he noticed many of his classmates were just as slow.

“It’s the weather,” Sakarias said, running a hand through his reddish-blond hair and pointing at the window. “Sun’s out.”

Anders blinked. “Does that make a difference?”

“Pack and paws, does it ever,” Lisabet muttered, scowling in concentration, then abruptly sliding into wolf form with a surprised yelp.

“Warm weather makes us weaker,” Sakarias replied, as nearby Mateo successfully wrangled himself into wolf form, completing his transformation with a soft, annoyed growl. “Sun’s not good for ice, after all. It’s easier to channel essence in cold weather.”

Anders wondered if that was why he had felt so muddled, struggled so hard to think, around the waves of heat rolling off Rayna in her dragon form. They had felt wrong, almost scary. If the heat was affecting his wolf blood, that explained why.

“Wolves prefer cold, and dragons are stronger in the heat,” Ennar said, suddenly behind them. They both jumped. “Once you’re ready,” she said, a little pointed, “you can complete your transformations and begin your next series of laps. Days like today are good reminders of why we need training.”

Nobody’s transformation was pretty. Sakarias looked like he was going to make it, shifting most of the way to wolf, when suddenly he sprang back into human form like a ball bouncing off a wall, landing flat on his back and blinking up at the ceiling.

Anders laughed helplessly at his expression, and nearby Jai leaned on Det for support, wiping away tears of laughter, while Mateo’s tongue rolled out in amusement. Even Viktoria cracked a smile, though she tried to get rid of it immediately.

“I hoped for more from you, Viktoria,” Sakarias protested, gazing up at her and pretending wounded dignity. “I’d like to see you do better.”

Viktoria sniffed, haughty all over again, her expression turning to a deep frown of concentration. She closed her eyes for several seconds, then slowly but surely made her transformation. Then she turned and trotted away to Lisabet.

“Viktoria is intense,” Sakarias complained, rolling over onto his hands and knees to try again. “She can even intimidate herself into doing things.”

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