The Choice I Am Forced to Make Lyra's "You belong to my bloodline too." The words hit me like a slap and for one second, I could not move, I could not think and I could not even breathe right. My wolf went still inside me, not scared, not fighting but listening and that scared me more than anything. Kael was the first to react. "You filthy liar!" He lunged, so did Darius and this time, the warriors moved too. Boots pound against the dirt, steel flashed and growls rose. The whole clearing turned wild in one heartbeat, but the man only looked at me one last time, like none of them matter. Like this fight was beneath him and then everything happened too fast and Kael reached him first and Darius came from the side. Two warriors rushed from behind and the man

