in tore thro

ed into my throat, and

pt pouring from the wound, yet I barely seemed to fee

d the hilt and slowly pulled

my eyes and I nearly lost my footing,

watched the sce

race of reluctance flashed through them. "Audra, I'm giving you one last chance. If you kill thi

g stopped f

e to kill m

I shot back throu

is voice turned even colder. "From this day on, you

my heart had been

h a soft laugh and pressed the blood

me, her voice gentle. "As long as you kill this child yours

ntly, and the hand holding the d

s eyes seemed to lessen, as if everything could

raised t

Elara's fac

e silver blade slas

splatt

a shrill, ag

er arm, and blood instantl

t hoarsely, "No one is going

changed at o

e, his eyes full of

ves rushed forw

voice colder than ice. "Since you insist on protecting

tep, my heart pounded violently in my che

ddenly tore thr

r-white light suddenly

e in shock, and even

roke out. "What w

the White

he truth? Is she r

t she not h

head and look

or a moment, but I knew it h

seal placed on me all those years ago se

my wrist, and for the first time,

now? Are you from th

d not

then tightened around

eran. "Kieran, you actually believed her? How could someo

again at an unhurried pace. "Some mongrel wolves ar

e in Kieran's eyes died

e mongrel wolf, and that's how you

ons, my nails dug deep into my palms,

-mocking laugh. "I was a fool.

s mood. A flicker of panic crossed her ey

e collar, rose onto her toes, and

when his eyes landed on me, whatever hesitat

ripped the back of Elara's head,

ony and emotional devastati

my eyes

hat the Kieran I had on

ain, there was nothing l

gly sever the mat