Her panicked rambling comes at me in repeated mumbles as she quickly, hands on, tries to heal me as she turns human again. Only too aware he’s getting up and already coming for us. Her anxiety rising in time with mine and the sense of urgency becomes almost hysterical in its weight around us.
“No, it’s not….. I don’t know what else to do but keep his focus. We have to give the witch time.” I compel her, hands up in bewilderment of ‘what else can we do?
She heals me only seconds before I dodge out of the way, instinct kicking in, his claws miss both her and I, as she turns and leaps back. I know this isn’t working. Colton is hard on any day of the week to defeat and even with my gifts, I’ve never actually overpowered him when he wanted to fight back. He’s never actually properly intended
