ARIA
“Keep screaming, and you won’t have to worry about seeing your father,” Corvin said through clenched teeth as he carried me deeper into the Blackwood Wilds. “You’ll be dead before that happens.”
Kael was far behind us now. Far enough that his wolf ears couldn’t catch my voice anymore. That knowledge didn’t slow the panic. It didn’t calm anything. The shouting kept spilling out anyway, sharp and desperate, like my body had decided for me.
Fists slammed into Corvin’s back again and again. Skin. Muscle. Solid as stone. I hit him with everything I had. It did nothing. He didn’t stumble. He didn’t even grunt.
Another shout tore loose.
Corvin let out a long breath, annoyed, almost bored. “So you’d rather die than see your father. Kael was right. You’ve got serious issues when it comes
