A Y L A
It was impossible. Absolutely impossible to stop her. If Liora shifted again, if those bones snapped back into place and her wolf tore free, she would hurt me badly and she would kill Vorna.
There was no version of this where I won a fight against her. The only chance I had was her humanity. I swallowed hard, panic tightening around my ribs like a cage.
Please don’t shift. Please don’t shift.
“Please Liora…please,” I whispered, my voice cracking. My knees felt weak, partly from blood loss, partly from fear. “I’ve never asked you for anything before. Not once. So please… just let her go.”
I saw it, the tiny flicker in her eyes. Something that hesitated. Something that almost softened.
Then….
BOOOOOMMMMMM.
A blaring trumpet echoed through the forest, loud enough to rattle the
