an'

but I was stuck. Elaria had me pinned, her boot digging into my chest against the cold, wet

d, metallic smell of magic. My wolf was going nuts, growling deep down, wanting me to

used to know-all clouded over. She pressed dow

she said softly. Her quiet voice ju

hing in her face... doubt? It was gone s

rough. I swallowed hard and

shed, like a bad dream disappearing with the sun. Now t

guiding with everything she has, her heart and soul. That girl who used to whisper my name like i

aged, my voice getting a little stronge

er laugh. What _I_ wan

bed my shirt and yanked me up. I barely had time to steady myself before

They were freezing, the cold sinking into my skin, making everyt

ot lik

d myself free. Right as I moved, something like an earthquake coursed th

a flicker of shock, maybe recognit

she lifte

choked, my whole body tensing as crazy pain shot through me. It f

looming over me. You we

There's something coming, Elaria.

ubt crossed her face. What

people who disappeared, the weird symbols. You think this is just some random

low, animal growl echoed through the clea

ows around us stirred, those glowing eyes of theirs flickering f

moved jerky, like the world couldn't contain it. My stomach twist

For the first time since she'd shown up, she l

l is that? s

d that scared me

ving strange and slow. Then,

the creature hard, knocking it back-but not stopping it. It was back on its feet almo

atever this was, it wasn't going to stop on it

voice urgent, We ne

holes in steel, but I saw it in her

st of power. This time, i

oving fast and shallow. She was crazy

ain. Listen to me! This isn't about us anymo

ut didn't argue, didn't e

s enoug

blocking out the moon as it moved direc

under us cracked, lines of raw power shooting toward the creature. At th

it to

e force of our combined hit slamming into the

there was, only bright,

aded away, the c

in the air, swirl

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