CHAPTER SEVEN
Gelick paced around the cave. He shifted from human, to panther, and back. Where were they? It shouldn’t take his beasts so long to bring back one human soul. He sensed her out there. Her energy was enticing and strong.
A gash appeared on his arm. He eyed with idle curiosity, wondering where he would get that injury. After years of living in the sands and surviving, he’d learned to work with the peculiar energies of this realm. With his control over time fluctuations came strange side effects, wounds that appeared out of nowhere and disappeared once the injury actually occurred. He flexed his arm. While the gash looked bad, deep and raw, it didn't impede movement. It would heal. There were other things to worry about.
He watched the beasts crawl in from the shadows. They k
