Alpha's Regret: The Forsaken Luna
Used Soren as bait—which nearly gave me a heart attack, but he insisted.
"I'm fastest, Mama. If it comes, I can run until you catch it."
He was right. And three years old.
Gods, what was I doing to my child?
But we needed this contract. Needed the reputation of handling impossible situations.
The water spirit appeared on the third night.
Soren sat by the stream, apparently alone. Actually surrounded by seven hidden fighters.
The spirit materialized from the water itself—translucent, vaguely humanoid, with too many teeth.
It reached for Soren.