I swallowed hard as their words were a constant reminder, my pulse pounding against my throat as their words echoed in my mind.
The air around me grew heavier, thick with something unseen and ancient and binding me.
I could feel it, the weight of whatever force ruled this place pressing into my bones.
Still, I kept my chin high, my expression unreadable. “What kind of deal?” I asked carefully, my voice even.
The hooded figure didn’t move, but I could sense a shift in the space between us, a ripple in the air as if they were pleased by my question.
“The kind that comes with a cost,” they murmured, their voice smooth as silk. “Nothing is free in the In-Between, little wolf.”
‘Little wolf.’ I repeated after them, the way they said it made my skin prickle, like they knew me, perhaps th
