Elena’s POV
The moment I saw the healer being dragged away, I dropped the basket of herbs I was holding and did the only thing I could think of: I mindlinked Tyler. His presence was distant and muffled but there, and when I called out through our mental bond, his awareness snapped to attention.
And then I ran.
I didn’t think about what I was going to do or how I was going to fight off the two males that I had just seen dragging off the healer. I just knew that I had to stop them.
The healer’s screams echoed through the forest, leading me to her location. I spotted the males dragging her, kicking and thrashing, around a fork in the trail. I surged forward and picked up the biggest rock I could find and lobbed it at the first male’s head as hard as I could.
“Get away from her!” I shriek
