FAKE MATE, REAL BOND
“She’s my daughter. And she’s terrified, I want to be there too.”
I studied her for a beat, I know how to choose my battles and this was no battle I could win, I gave her a curt nod. “Stay close. You know what’s inside those woods.”
Rose’s face darkened. “More than anyone.”
We were moving in under ten minutes. Twelve warriors, myself, and Rose.
Each of us wore a black charm strung around our necks witchstone pendants that burned cold against the skin. A protection spell carved into volcanic obsidian, forged decades ago by the last coven that dared to ally with wolves.