SHADOWS AND SILENT TREATIES
Rylan's POV
The machine hummed again. I knew what was coming. Had known the pain would be worse now. Marcus had explained it carefully. Every draw sucked out more of my wolf. Each time was worse than the last. Soon, all of my wolf would be taken on to the next world. I would be human. Weak. Helpless.
The next thing I knew, a jolt of agony shot up my back. I’ve screamed until my throat rubbed raw. My wolf was panicking within me and howled in terror. I felt parts of it being torn off. Felt my Alpha energy rushing into the crystal vessels Marcus had placed around the table.
"Stop fighting it," Marcus said. His voice was calm. Clinical. As if he were talking about the weather. "Fighting only makes it worse."
The extraction stopped. I gasped for air. Sweat pour
