Every instinct I had screamed at me to shut this down. To stop her from blurting out something I didn’t want others to hear.
“You’re the wolf healer. The one he’s been hunting.”
My entire world tilted. Just slightly, but enough that I felt it. “What?” The word slipped out before I could stop it.
Her gaze locked onto mine. Her eyes were wide and terrified now. Not of me, but for me.
“You need to know,” she whispered. “They said he found another one. Another healer, this one a witch. He said she heals like you. You need to stay away.”
The air left my lungs, denial instinctual. No. No, that wasn’t possible.
“He took her,” the woman continued, her voice breaking now. “Brought her in after…after—”
She choked on the words, but she didn’t need to finish them. My chest tightened. I already
