Claimed by the cruel lycan king
We found out an hour later, back at the ridge, when one of Rurik's own men came stumbling out of the tree line, disoriented, blood at his temple, babbling about a shadow that had passed through him — not attacked him, passed through him, like smoke moving through an open door — and about how, for just a moment, he'd felt something ancient and patient settle somewhere behind his own eyes before it moved on, searching for something it hadn't found in him.
"It's looking for a vessel," Selene said, watching the man being tended to with visible dread. "Something capable of carrying a fragment of what we just spent hours reinforcing. If it finds the right host—"
"What happens," Kade said.
"I don't