"Move, Dain," Alaric said.
The scarred wolf did not move.
I would like to tell you that I stood tall through what came next. The truth is that I had been walking all night on a body that died two days before, I had just crossed the gorge that killed me, and now a Beta the size of a door was looking at me like something scraped off a boot. All I wanted in the world was to sit down somewhere no one could watch me shake.
"The old law is clear," Dain said. He was not shouting, and that was what made it frightening. It was the same flat calm Bram had used. "What comes out of the Hollow comes out to end us. Nine generations we've held that door on the promise that when the marked one came, we'd know her by her teeth. And you walk one through our gates and call her a guest." His eyes came to m
