The Shadows of Night
Chapter One
Katara shrank back as the two men shifted into their stag forms. She saw her own
Kindred shift on a daily basis, but she'd never before seen a member of the
Antler Kindred change form. She had to admit it was an impressive sight.
Their torn clothing dropped to the floor and their coronets fell onto the stone
with a clatter, as their skin and muscles rippled and their bodies changed
shape, almost too quickly for the eye to follow. Hart's body elongated, his neck
stretched out, and his face lengthened. His golden-brown skin and hair rippled,
transforming into a sleek, tawny hide, and from his head sprouted an enormous
rack of antlers with wickedly sharp prongs. He was huge-taller and heavier by
far than any true deer she had ever seen in the woods. She suspected he might
weigh as much in his stag form ... read full excerpt from The Shadows of Night ebook
