Chapter 32
I had no time to speak, so I sent out a wordless plea to the only one I trusted implicitly. “Can you guard Natalie’s family?”
“Yes.”
Rune’s silent agreement had barely materialized before I was sprinting toward the cloud of dust rising from where our clan’s home used to be. Our clan’s home...and Ash, the only pack member who’d been left behind when Willa gathered others to hear my announcement.
It was too late to change the past, but I still stretched my legs to run faster. If Ash was in there...he’d be crushed. I knew that rationally, but emotionally I wasn’t ready to admit the obvious.
Instead, I sprinted until the hole yawned before me. Skidded to a halt at the edge, my foot nudging a pebble to slide down into nothing. Then I waited, straining to hear above my own breath
