She Runs with Wolves
“What do you think it is?”
“Tonight is Halloween. And the bloodstone – I didn’t know why I was drawn to it, but it was like – like I was being compelled.” I heard her swallow. It was disconcerting not being able to see her, but I listened, blind trust keeping me in place. Everything in me told me to run, to dig the knife into Cythraul’s back, but my feet remained glued to the ground as Rowan muttered in my ear.
“A stone of noble sacrifice, of courage, and of purification,” she continued. “And the birch – it’s rebirth, purity. Rebirth comes after sacrifice, and purity comes from noble intent, from cleansing. I think the stone and the tree are linked, Ellis.”
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