Chapter 107-2
“Good enough for me. Sorry, Alpha, but you don’t really get a say in this. She’s my sister. I can’t do
this life without her.”
London looked at the witches. “How long can they share life force?”
“I’ve done some research,” Ava said. “Any longer than thirteen days, and there seems to be complications. Sometimes, one body inexplicably absorbs too much and kills the other. A few times, the bond became so unbreakable that the two witches couldn’t sever it.”
Sasha nodded. “Thirteen days. Eloise has spoken about you a lot, Saul. Frankly, I think she has a crush on you. Please don’t tell her that I told you that. She had faith in you, and I do as well. Do the spell, and I’ll see you all in thirteen days. If I don’t, just know that I died trying to save my sister and it was exactly what I wanted.”
What the woman lacked in physical strength, she made up for in bravery and courage. Since it wasn’t my call or my decision, I stepped away to let the witches prep and to let London argue until
it was too late.
I strode out of the infirmary and saw Kiana heading my way. I could see the annoyance in her eyes.
“Eloise fell into a coma, and you didn’t tell me!”
“You were with Willa, and there was nothing you could have done. I’d planned to text you once they figured out a plan. They’re just finishing it up now, and I have the pleasure of telling you in person instead of texting you.” I swung an arm around her shoulder and guided her out of the infirmary, telling her what happened.
Her eyes widened. “That sounds extremely dangerous and a little bit like Janelle using magic that she shouldn’t.”
“It was Ava’s idea, and apparently while it’s similar, it’s not her brand of nightmare magic,” I explained. “Most witches can do it.”
“I don’t know that Cindy will agree. After my run, I went to check on them. That’s how I found out where you were, by the way. I convinced Cindy to shower, and we talked a little bit about her new obsession with keeping a close eye on Janelle. I don’t know if I made any progress, but I did try. She’s worried that she knows too much, and you won’t let her leave.”
“She’s not wrong.”
When she looked up and glared at me, I shrugged. “She’s going to have to prove that she’s able to move on with her life. The last thing I need is her and some rogue wolves gearing up to storm the
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witch’s den with pitchforks and torches.”
Kiana rolled her eyes. “You don’t really think it’s going to come to that, do you?”
“No. I think Cindy is an intelligent woman who is still dealing with some extreme trauma. She needs some therapy, and then I think she’ll be more capable of making a sound decision.”
We walked a little further in silence. I liked having her by my side, walking aimlessly with no place to go and no deadline to meet. Just a nice stroll in the setting sun. “How was your run?”
“Short. Apparently, I’m out of shape, and there was an incident that we wanted to report to
London. We couldn’t find him, so we told Cruz.”
“What kind of incident?”
“Hard to say. It was a man running, but we were on a trail, so we can’t say for sure that he was following us.”
Neither Willa nor Kiana were so paranoid that they would report a man running on a trail behind them, so I waited patiently.
“He was wearing a mask over his face and was dressed from head to toe in camouflage,” Kiana admitted. “And when we veered out of the woods, he seemed unhappy.”
London had said that there might be wolves here who had a problem with Kiana, but for someone to stalk her did seem extreme. “So maybe you don’t go anywhere alone anymore.”
“I wasn’t alone then.” Kiana stilled. “And I’m not alone now.”
“No, but you’re..” I turned my head, and my whole body stilled. There was just a flash of movement, like the scope of a rifle in the woods behind us. I couldn’t see anything, but from the way Kiana’s eyes were widening, she’d sensed him. Maybe the smell?
I didn’t have time to process. Immediately, I pushed her behind me to put myself in the path of the bullet. I started to roar for her to run when I felt the prick of something in my neck.
Kiana screamed. Hunching down to make sure he didn’t have a clear shot of her, I ran us back to the infirmary. Her hand reached up and pulled something out of my neck.
I saw the dart, and my vision wavered. Kiana was still screaming when I dropped to my knees.
Inside me, my wolf roared and raced to the surface. He seemed to get bigger and bigger until there was nothing I could do to control him. When my bones started to break, I heard my wolf
snarl.
I am a monster.
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