I twisted my ring around my finger and forced myself to look back at Varga. He was grumbling as he twisted in his restraints, as if he was trying unsuccessfully to spew more venom at Kane, but the words couldn’t quite make it out.
“Failure to choose defaults to wolfsbane. Is that what you want?”
Varga’s eyes glowed, and he thrashed harder before finally going limp against the rough seat back. “No. I choose the challenge.”
“So let it be,” Kane said, turning his back on the other wolf. His eyes glowed, I noticed, for the first time during the trial, evidence of how loose his grip was on his wolf now that the decision had been made.
“It’s going to be okay,” Shay whispered, gripping my fingers and making me stop twisting the ring. “Dirge says Gael’s a really good fighter, just as good as h
