Thor

king over the horizon as Magnus and I

awdust and looking weary. A year younger than Magnus, he was the quiet, steady one. He worked at the lumb

us, packed and ready to leave. "M

miserable in the corner, and the bolted woo

, the one who had quietly given me his meage

buse from his grandparents, Freya's selfishness,

f shock, but of grim understanding. He was wiser than his

r's leaving," Corbin said, his voice l

t, but I shook my head. "N

d and water to keep them alive. If they died, the pack would investigate, and my plans would

hold this ground," I said, my eyes meeting

ing the rear was as vita

Mom. I'll handle everything here. No

on the shoulder. An unspoken bond

, worn leather pouch. It was all the money he had saved. H

It was his contri

e cabin that had been my prison for sixt

yourself," I

side, I walked out the d

d by the morning mist. Then he turned, his expression hardening as he

my heart was finally free of all burdens. Our

th uncertainty. "Can we really do this? Th

ps. "We have the Goddess's token, and