The Alpha's Prickly Porcupine
We are spiraling, a plummeting stone in a dark, uncaring sky, and for the first time since the night began, I realize that Daryl Silverfang’s dominance isn't enough to stop the inevitable.
We are falling toward the jagged earth, a landscape of black rock and frozen rivers that looms larger by the second. If we hit the ground at this speed, the contract won't matter, because there will be nothing left of us to collect, no Luna, no Alpha, just scattered remains. I hold onto him, not because I want to, but because he is the only thing standing between me and the end. My hands are locked into his clothes, my knuckles white, my eyes squeezed shut as the wind whistles a death knell in my ears.