She had the pres L Storm-Eye discovered that the Garou war-form, so well suited to rihing opponents to bloody chunks, is far less use 1 for swimming. The more she thrashed at the w r ter, the farther she sank and the more cold, dark liquid found its way into her She had the pres L ce of mind to want to step nose and throat. staring at her own re ; ection and merging with it, sideways into the Udbra. She’d hardly have survived ten winters as a Garou if she couldn’t think of that. Unfortunate1 , stepping sideways required and not only was she! sorely lacking in mirrored surfaces, but she had lkft all of Helios’s light a hundred feet above. Along with air to breathe. Rage pounded at her heart and she gave into it. She twisted to get at the great leaden thing on her back and no longer felt its teeth tearing at her flesh or the burning of her air-starved lungs. A great war howl rose from her gut and exploded out of her open maw-and water rushed in. Storm-Eye woke.. .elsewhere. The Wyrm-wolf was gone, but she could still feel its fresh bite on her back. When she thought of reaching back to check for blood, she realized she was back in her true form. Everything around her had a bluish, milky tint to it. Blurs of movement whipped past her from behind, careening off into the distance on some unseen current. Everything went black. ***
