The Price Of Fate
I asked, and my voice came out colder than I intended.
Elaine looked down at Nyra, then back at me.
“It’s an illusion,” she said quietly.
I stared. An illusion. The word didn’t sit right in my mouth.
“An illusion created by who?” I demanded.
Elaine’s throat bobbed as she swallowed.
“The Prima wolves,” she said.
I felt my chest tighten.
“To stop what?” I asked.
Elaine’s eyes filled again, but she held it together.
“To stop what is on the other side from looking in,” she said, voice shaking, “and to stop people on our side from looking out.”