Instead, I thought of what Val had taught me: the warmth of a fire. It was even easier to summon with the memory of Kal’s hearth so fresh in my mind’s eye and the moon high overhead.
I allowed the flickers and twinges in the bond to guide me as I hurried out into the wilderness. The sound of a snarl caught my ear. My pulse jumped, and I picked up the pace, struggling through the thick snow as quickly as I could.
A bright bolt almost blinded me, just like in my premonition. I tried to quash my rising fear as I crested a hill, but my heart dropped to my feet when I spotted Kal at the bottom of the other side. He was motionless and bloody, just like I’d seen in my vision.
Fenris was a few yards away, surrounded by what looked like a bunch of coyotes and a pair of vampires. A moment later,
