How to kill an immortal wolf
They faced one another in a vast expanse of shimmering silver, the echo of countless stars pulsing around them.
“You idiot,” he whispered, voice breaking. “What have you done?”
She smiled sadly. “Saved everything.”
“At the cost of yourself.”
“At the cost of me,” she corrected gently. “You still have a life.”
His chest seized.
“Without you, it’s not living.”
She reached for him, and this time she touched solid warmth.
He sucked in a breath, clutching her to him.
“I can’t stay,” she murmured against his shoulder. “The more I anchor here, the more I dissolve there.”