bit deep b
cutting, cruel. I wrapped my cloak tighter, boots crunching
ed in fog and legend. The last pl
ect hiding place for t
between cliffs and silence. Word was, a tall stranger passed through
l V
ay my pendant pulsed after the me
as c
se for
in blooming low across my spine. Not enough to drop me- yet. Ju
him o
le m
bout this job fe
e pendant st
d dragging me back to memor
all this. Something ancient. So
anning for prints, sounds, anything out of place. The road narr
shing my gloved fin
ks. Barefo
hu
a
racticed ease. My breath fogged in front of me.
hoed off the s
ther to
fr
shif
n loners. These were the Broken- lycans who'd lost the battle for control and descended into
ight of the air... th
ust as o
ashing up to meet it. Steel kissed flesh. A scream tore
dn't
pt co
th and rolled to the side, landing hard against the frozen earth. Ano
fa
ma
time to count.
g the second beast in the throat. Hot blood sprayed the s
eled toward
e thing shrieked and tumbled sideways, convulsing. I t
thing ha
ocked. It sniffed the air- then b
o
like
y by my own rasping breaths and the quie
conds.
th
scared them o
ied me more t
. My hand trembled as I pressed it to my ribs, feeling
e hadn't
ing. No
when I got
once more, then turned
eemed thicker. Like I'd crossed s
ord
was
know ho
st k
d ruin- stone walls choked by ivy and frost. Probably an old watch post, long forgotten. I drag
touched the ch
sting helped clear my head. My mother's journal lay in t
led i
didn't flip t
o the very
sorry. There are things I didn't tell you. Things no mother should ever have to pass on. But you were born with his blood. And that means you carry the curse. The g
oat ti
just a contr
was l
a long time, the flames l
el wasn't
wasn't t
l enemy was som
the pendant. It was wa
knew he
f I wanted to k
ad to f
rails then- no maps, just instinct and whispers.I banked th
came, was sha
led throug
here in t
ng howl