Chosen By The Lycan King
“You don’t get to die until this is over.”
I snuffed softly. “Hopefully.”
He clasped my forearm in a warrior’s grip. “Come back alive. I need you.”
It was harsh to leave in this manner, but I had a mission. I didn’t promise. I turned and left before anyone could say more. I wanted to live, but a sacrifice was a sacrifice, afterall.
As I stepped out of the tribe, the forest swallowed me whole within minutes.
The Seal Key grew warmer the farther I traveled, niggling subtly toward the northeast, as if an invisible thread were tied between it and its target. The atmosphere changed in nanoseconds with shadows stretching perversely between the trees. Even the wind felt wrong.