hesitate. Not
erbrush, claws ripping into bark, teeth gritted. His wol
was
o
ke
screamed at him: Find her.
rawing blood, but he didn't care. Pain was irrelevant
he night, voice low and th
answer
silver glowed ahead, fli
fro
ion. Not the moo
had felt it before, but now it called to hi
ves, shadows, even the air itself seemed to part fo
claw marks on the trunks of the ancient
eant she was
ye
e enemy pack. Not just Varun. Something old
thrummed i
taken. She is
claws itched for blood, and his teeth ached to
e smel
Metalli
os
. Ahead, a clearing opened-moonlight spilled across it, ill
and etched with runes that p
side..
t the bars. Her small frame shuddered with exhaus
ound shattering trees, e
er eyes met his-bright
cracking. "Help me! Plea
f the cage. Silver sparks danced, sizzling agains
the earth. His wolf su
ou die. You touc
thought aside.
live because of me. An
. Shadowy figures flickered between the tree
en't just wards. They were feeding on Aria. Sip
ran thr
orter than
ed to a
rt hammering. The wolves out
augh cut throu
, sinister voice. "The Untouc
ears f
hadows, a cruel smile on his fac
e line," Lykos gro
isunderstand. I'm not here to fight you.
ween Lykos and Varun. "Why... why a
ecause she's mine. And bec
erhaps. But more importantly...
prophecy. The legends. But hearing it now, seeing her trapped,
l give them power?" h
imagination. And she-your ma
"Activate it?" she breathed, voice sh
. "Soon enough. But first... yo
ilver light shot into Aria's skin, burning faintly, siphoning he
olf howle
o
the air, teeth bared. His speed
ready inside the clearing. The wards resisted, burning against h
heat as his claws scratched against them
ing against the cage. "Ho
shining with tears. "I... I c
ry ounce of his cursed power surged-but it di
truth that ke
th
ickered beh
, staff glowing with dark energy
fe... her stolen soul... all of it belongs to me.
rk as midnight. "Not if I ha
Low, cruel, echoing
e, Alpha. You're strong... but not
through her. Her body glowed faintly under the silv
s dy
nd that shook the leaves and branches.
t. He had to r
ed at t
in a violent wave. The wards burned at his claws, forcing
bars, trembling. "Lykos...
e growled. "
her. You cannot save her. And yet... I see it. The bond-we
sliced t
. unde
e. The thought of losing her... l
. Wide, terrified, but a
for her. Kill gods for h
ad t
, past the wards, past the
break t
ld sav
fight the
ady to tear the wards apar
ng pain explode
, invisible-cutting throughyou touch her... she dies. I
muscle locked. Ev
a flared brighter-stronger
en she
I can feel it..
earing at the air.
was t
violently, the f
ody... began
y, as though something-or someone-was p
shouted, sur
he could
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