Chapter 35 The Cost Of Liberation

The change had required more from Aeryn than she had anticipated. The energy now flowing within her was unlike anything she had encountered before, feeling both thrilling and frightening. It seemed as if she were at the brink of a cliff, gazing into a chasm that could engulf her completely. She blinked, the environment surrounding her continuing to whirl with vivid, strange hues. She sensed the essence of the forest coursing within her, the heartbeat of the earth beneath her feet, the far-off, rhythmic thump of her friends’ hearts. She could sense the wind sharing secrets in tongues she didn’t grasp—but she could perceive them, feel them.