shb

's

y abdomen as the grief tore me up from inside. I'd already lost Becca and now her daughter? No. I couldn't let this happen.

loor right in the middle of the circle. Slow

through the room as the blinding light went off was the breaking sound of the crysta

of a white circle, I looked like a young, dejected, heartbroken,

ttered glass, forcing the sharp edges into my bare palms. I watched as the blood dripped down the si

mad at myself for not being careful enough but more

e if anyone

aive and no doubt would look

that I had put Jenine in danger thro

my feet hurriedly, my shoes scattering th

nd making for the exit. My feet thudded the boards as I ran

uck what happened now! The only thing that mattered right now was making sure Jenine

f purred restlessly as the light from the moon rested on my body. Poor Jade. It's been months since I let her out. The last time I

ss knows I didn't care if I woke the neighbors. Even as I raced down the alley, my heart pounded hard inside m

sly. My trembling fingers struggled

y failed to find the keyhole. I grunted as my wolf jacked the doorknob off the door impatiently. I pushed th

he crystal ball. The same locker where I had kept all the items I had gotten from

pell book. Thinking back now, I couldn't seem to remem

to douse the pages of the book as I flipped thr

ered as I mumbled. My fingers traced the words on the page. My en

moved towards the old house again, slithering through the shrubbery. The moon peeped o

y me, I knew I looked so daring and out of place-a solo lady racing in the middle of

force that the door really did fall off its hinges

my path as she had done earlier tonight. I scented my way

my mind. The little of it that

own the stairs in

he portal and get to Jenine," I muttered breathle

open the portal and..." th

lf as I looked

in the wind when the portal appeared were gone. The circle I had drawn with the whi

alls to steady myself as

estone. Someone who had the power to travel between realms; who was willing to do whatever it took-to come h

d was behind this-responsible for taking Jenine away from me; responsible for block

I tried to swallow as m

in a picture frame. It had been there the whole time even whe

adn't s

ispered, not knowing what else to do

I spat out, "

s the wall, the sigil staring at me

, triumph

, the most sinister and shrewd of all that ever practiced sorcery, whose beauty con