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DianaThe irony isn't lost on me. Originally, our strategy had been to let Emerald and me escape battle until the very end when we have to face the Dark Mage, only for us to seek refuge in what we thought would be a safe place, just to find a fight waiting for us.I finally manage to kill the first creature, putting all my strength behind a vicious strike. With a snarl of effort, I decapitate it with my large knife, the blade cleaving through artificially hardened corrupted flesh and bone. The head and body fall to the ground. Immediately, I spin around to intercept claws dripping with some kind of venom as they slash toward my face. When the liquid splashes on the grass, it sizzles and melts. My face hardens at it and remind myself to be careful not to let it touch me.Then, out of the corner of my eye, I notice something that makes my heart sink into my stomach. Its the creature I just killed. The severed head continues to snarl and snap its jaws while the headless body has somehow

Apollo"What the hell—" I'd started, but Connor cut me off with a sharp gesture."Sentinel Greene," he'd whispered, his voice hollow with horror.I'd squinted through the foliage, my wolf vision zooming in on the distant figure. There he was, standing at the pack borders like a guardian statue, bandages wrapped around his neck and his face pale but alert. His eyes swept the area with the methodical precision of a trained sentinel."So? What about him?" I'd asked, confusion mixing with growing dread.Connor's face had crumpled. "He saw us, Apollo. When we were leaving. He saw us run."The words hit me like a physical blow. "What? How? You never said anything!""I thought he was dead!" Connor's voice cracked with panic. "I saw two rogues ambush him. I watched one of them deliver what looked like a killing blow. I was sure—absolutely sure—that he was finished."My carefully constructed plan crumbled to dust in that moment. Someone had witnessed our cowardice. Someone knew we'd abandoned

Diana"It's much less dense," Emerald confirms, her voice barely above a whisper. "It must have started while we were asleep." She swallows hard, her eyes darting nervously around the increasingly dim fog. "I knew it was only temporary, but I'd been hoping it would last longer."My jaw clenches as the full weight of our situation settles over me.Emerald whispers, "The early morning breeze must have contributed to dispersing it."There's no time to waste. I immediately reach out through the mate bond to Dominicus.‘Dom’, I call urgently.‘Yes?’ comes his immediate reply.‘The light magic in the fog is fading. Fast.’The silence that follows is heavy. I can feel his displeasure radiating through our connection.‘That's bad’, he says finally, echoing my own thoughts. ‘Very bad.’‘Most of the light witches have recovered over the past hour and we were overwhelming the other side too…’ he tells me resentfully before growling in annoyance. I sense him immediately reaching out through the

Diana"Stop wasting my time and show yourself!"My heart sinks even lower.And how can she ‘feel’ my presence when we're cloaked? I look desperately at Emerald, but I see the same helpless confusion reflected in her eyes.I glance toward the witch's position, then back at my two companions. My jaw clenches as I come to a decision."Stay here," I whisper, beginning to climb down from our perch.Both Billy and Emerald grab hold of me instantly. "No," Billy hisses, while Emerald shakes her head vigorously."I'll lure her away," I whisper urgently. "If I don't, she'll find all of us. And if she discovers Emerald..." I don't need to finish that sentence.They still don't release me, their grips tightening desperately."I won't engage," I promise them. "I'll run immediately. Have faith in me—I'm an Alpha wolf trained by Dominicus. I can escape.""Then how will you get away if she can locate you anyway?" Emerald asks, her whisper barely audible.The question punches a massive hole in my logi

DianaA third attack comes without warning—a blast of dark energy that catches me across the thigh. I scream as the magic burns through flesh, and my leg gives out beneath me. I collapse to one knee, struggling to stay upright."Getting tired already?" the witch taunts. "But we're just getting started."Blood loss is making me dizzy, and the darkness seems to be closing in even more. I can feel my strength ebbing with each passing second. This is how I'm going to die—blind, bleeding, and helpless in the dark.Her footsteps approach slowly, deliberately. She's not even trying to hide her movements anymore. Why should she? I'm no threat to her like this."Any last words, little wolf?" she asks, and I can hear her raising her hand for the killing blow.I'm going to die. The thought pounds through my mind with sickening clarity. After everything I've survived, this is how it ends. I'll never see Dom again, never hold him, never—Focus, Diana.The voice cuts through my terror like a blade.