The flames crackled loud enough to drown out everything else, but not Derek.Even from where Lucas and I were hidden deep in the trees, crouched low behind thick trunks and tangled roots, I could still hear him.My wolf hearing stretched past the fire, past the shouting men, past the chaos, and found him.“ETHAN!”The sound tore through me. My body moved before my mind could catch up, but Lucas grabbed my arm hard.“Don’t,” he hissed.I froze.My chest heaved.“I have to—”“You step out there,” Lucas cut in, voice low but sharp, “and you’re dead.”I clenched my jaw. Every instinct inside me screamed to go to him, to answer, to let him know I was alive. But Lucas was right.The Ashbound were still there, and they weren’t hesitating.I forced myself to stay down, to stay hidden, and then I listened because it was the only thing I could do.“Let me go!”Derek’s voice.I shifted slightly, peeking through the trees, through the smoke and the flickering firelight, I could see them.Derek wa
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