The morning sun came through the eastern dorm windows like a blade. It was too bright, too cheerful for what Kael was feeling. He’d been awake for hours, sitting on the edge of his bunk, watching Fenrir sleep.The wolf looked magnificent.Overnight, the chimeric evolution had settled into something almost beautiful. Shadow-black fur shot through with crimson phoenix streaks and wind-silver veins. Iron scales gleaming along the shoulders and spine. Horns swept back from the skull in a clean, deadly arc. The partially healed left eye socket now held a glowing crimson orb that pulsed like banked coals.Kael ran his fingers through Fenrir’s fur. The wolf’s ear twitched.We made it, he thought. From a half-dead pup to this.Out of habit, he pulled up the Beast Evolution Nexus.Beast Evolution NexusFenrir – Chimeric Shadowflame Gale Wolf (Peak High Mortal Rank)Stored Talents (24):Shadow Fang , Flame Strike ,Gale Wing Slash, Horned Charge ,Thick Hide Reinforcement, Quick Reflex ,Stone Ski