THE REJECTED LUNA
Jax pushed me behind him, four lines blazing again, trying to shield, but Old Oak branch on trailer pulsed, black smoke sinking thicker, pooling across lake now, moving across ice toward us like fog that drinks light.
White wolves around us howled, not war howl now, pain howl, as black smoke touched their paws and light dimmed more.
Runa shouted, “Run! Everyone off lake! To village! Now!”
White wolves started running, huge white bodies slipping on ice, toward village cabins, away from black smoke that sank and drank.
Jax grabbed my hand, pulled me, we jumped off truck bed onto ice and ran, his hand warm around my burned healing palms, four lines glowing trying to make shield around us both.