na

es drifted down to me, distorted and far aw

xicity levels critical..

, dragging me back to cons

m of an engine vibrated through my bones. I was in

ide me, her eyes red

oked out, her v

throat felt like I had s

y hand, squeezing it tight, as if sh

d with the Ghost Root... it was too much to

for the scream, for the tears. But there was nothing.

the sound barely audible

the sheets. "And the damage... the do

rkness behind my lids wa

ck

glect. He hadn't just broken a bond; he had k

; they were calm, cold stones dropping into a dee

nked sharply

O

a off her chair. The overhead lights flicke

reamed over the intercom, panic sh

zing my stomach. Oxygen masks dropped f

ed, throwing her body

trip surrounded by dense, gray fog. The tires screeched,

shaking, the cabin door was

n't speak; they just moved with brutal efficien

e, jet fuel, and the co

from the mist. "Look at that.

hologram flickering in the mist, translucent a

nd

earing the Luna's

distorted by the magical transmission, echoing unnatu

ggling weakly against the iron g

ad," Candida smiled, her digital

enary holding me. "Open

e, the blade glinting dully in t

weak to shift. Too weak to figh

I thought. This

raised t

AC

h the fog. A sound like a th

ated from his body before

a man. He was huge, easily seven feet tall, with shoulders like a mountain

asn't wolf. It was Lycan-pri

ke they were made of wet paper. Limbs flew.

nds, silenc

ida. He growled, a sound so deep it vibr

ently, her eyes widening in genui

t. The hologram van

r glow faded from his eyes, revealin

e rough with emotion, like

d and old books-a scent I remembered from

pered, disbelief w

nto his arms as if I weighed nothing

e chest. I heard his heart beating-

y vision blurring. "Take me s

the end of the world

ss took me again,