TIME SLOWED as I saw the wolf pouncing its feet towards Flint, who was holding Hades. A scream lodged in my throat, stuck on its way out because, at that time, there was nothing I could do, let alone think, to help my friend and my middle son.
Everything was turning into a mess inside my head, and there was only a static sound reverberating in my eardrums. I thought I was dying. It was death that flashed across my eyes before I saw another beast slam into the enemy with so much force that the wind almost knocked us back.
After a few seconds, I realized that I needed to move to save my son. I clutched Flint’s arm toward me, shaking her stilled body. It looked like her soul had left her body. I could not blame her. Death was already peeking at her from between her soul. She had seen the m
