Milo POV
I cannot allow the hold I have on the wolf in front of me to break.
I’m not holding him paralyzed the way those Moon Casters we met did to Lyra. Far from it. I haven’t got the power for something like that, and I know it.
But I am holding his attention because he’s angry that I’ve been able to stop his advance. Because he doesn’t know how I’m doing it. Wolves aren’t used to being stopped like this.
I mean, he knows I’m a Moon Caster, so he must have been expecting magic. He must have fought Moon Casters before. I’m sure he’s faced combat magic. But the combat magic I’m using is so elementary that it’s actually throwing him for a loop. He doesn’t know what to do with me.
And I have to take advantage of that. Because if he turns around and sees the fight behind him, he’s going
