ZARA POV
"Zara, you need to stay down. Don't make me kill you," Katrina said loudly.
I desperately tried to yell, 'No, I'm not trying to hurt you!' but the words caught in my throat, swallowed by the suffocating fear that gripped me. I was trapped. An invisible cage surrounded me, my own panic a suffocating weight. I couldn't reach my wolf, couldn't control her. Helpless, I watched in horror as she lunged at Kristina again. There was a sickening crunch, a spray of blood, and Kristina's shriek echoed through the room. She slammed into the wall, like a limp doll.
“Enough!”
Hero's voice boomed through the cabin, making my wolf whimper and shrink to the ground. This was my opportunity. I had to act fast. With a burst of excitement, I lunged towards the chasm. But it was like running into a
