The forest whispered secrets to Tolu as he ran, his bare feet pounding the earth in a desperate bid for freedom. The full moon hung low in the sky, casting an eerie glow over the treetops. Tolu's heart raged with a fury that threatened to consume him whole.

He was an outcast, a monster among his own kind. The pack had cast him out, along with his mother after the successful murder of his father the alpha of the Erike pack by his father's right hand man eze.

As the moon reached its zenith, Tolu's body began to shift, his limbs contorting into the form of a great beast. He let out a mighty roar, the sound echoing through the forest like a challenge to the very gods themselves.

His mother's desolate figure looked at her son with a hint of pride and ferociousness.

"It is time. " She whispered to her self.