The woman sighs. “All right. Follow us. But if you try anything—”Xandra shakes her head, clearly indicating we won’t. I hold up one paw to support the idea. The woman rolls her eyes and starts leading us through the woods.Her trio of wolves surround Xandra and me. Well, two of them start to, and o
FinnXandra wakes me in the morning by crawling out of the hollow in the tree to be noisily sick outside. My stomach churns. Empty. And I have no idea what is or isn’t safe to eat in this part of the world.Worse, I don’t know if she was awake enough to realize how badly I responded to her last nigh
“Good.” I want to say Father wouldn’t take this out on him, but I can’t. Not when my cheek still throbs.“Vedran?” I ask as I position branches over the entrance.“I have made it to the forest,” he replies. “They don’t seem to be following me any longer. Should I continue on to Moonlight Hollow?”“C
Xandra“Through the river!” I hiss, leaning low over Finn’s back, though that makes the high grass whip across my face.I don’t know how long we’ve been running. The moon has long passed the apex of the sky and is sinking toward morning. Howls echo around us. Dunes hump along the horizon to the sout
“Three,” I reply. “You’d hear any alarms raised, and you’ll fit better through a bigger opening.”She scowls at me. “If I—”“Well, that’s not the situation we’re in.” I glance at her over my shoulder, already pale and swaying. “Three, or I’m not going.”She slices a look at me but doesn’t waste the
I slam my fist into it in reply. They can’t fucking do this to me. Kieran might not be here, but he knows where the fuck I am. Tansy Beach still needs our men—My heart skips a beat.“Elian!” I yell through the mind-link, desperately trying again..“Yeah?” he finally replies.Casual. Alive. Probably