"Remain still." Iron and fire, Thorn's hands tightened around my wrist. His growl echoed through my bones as his chest pressed against my back. “Ravenna, do you hear me? Don't move at all.”
However, the word continued to reverberate within me, drawing me in like a wave.
Come.
The people on the other side of the gate didn't move or breathe. Waiting on their knees. Their eyes were crescents that blazed brighter with each heartbeat, glowing like mirrors of my own shadows.
And chaos behind me.
“They’ll follow her!” Kalen’s voice rang sharp, rising above the restless pack. He pointed a claw at me, his face twisted with fury and fear. “They’ve chosen her already! She doesn’t even need us—look at them! She isn’t ours anymore!”
Snarls broke loose, voices colliding.
“She’ll doom us!”
“She
