Adelaide
“It’s okay,” I said, my breath hitching as I fought back tears. I turned the wolf’s head with my hands to take another look into those red eyes. Then, I leaned forward and pressed a kiss to his snout.
“I don’t regret anything,” I said softly. “You made me live again, and if I could’ve chosen any life, any path—I would’ve done it all over again just to be with you.”
The wolf let out a low, broken whimper and nuzzled his head against my hands, as if trying to hold onto me one last time.
“I love you.”
Then, with every bit of strength I had, I sent him through the Veil, watching him disappear into the small gap of the portal. It flickered a few more times before closing…and just like that, he was gone.
My glowing eyes faded.
“Claire—please!”
I focused on the voice beside me an
