The wolf I was grabbing went limp under my touch and its power surged through me. It was similar to the poison that had ravaged my system before, but there was no pain with this. There was only power flooding through me. The wolf fell like a puppet with its strings cut as I whirled to confront the other.
The other wolf paused in its attack. Doubt flickered through its eyes and it took a step backward its eyes locked on its companion, its oh so still companion. Anger, rage, concern, love, the emotions that flitted across took my breath away. It snarled at me as tears glimmered and then it threw its head back and howled and, though we were enemies, my heart broke at the agony.
“Don’t be fooled!” Angel demanded from his lofty position still cradled by the Phoenix. “If you hesitate now, you
