Caged by the Wolf King
A red stone glinted on his finger.
Lysandra's general.
"Elara," he said, his voice smooth as silk. "I was wondering when you would come."
She didn't speak. She reached inside herself, into the hollow place where the First Wolf's power lived.
Now, she thought. Now.
She projected.
The golden light exploded from her hands. It struck the general in the chest. He screamed—a high, terrible sound—and dissolved into ash.
Elara stood in the clearing, chest heaving, hands still glowing.