"Maybe. But it'll also save everyone else."
Through the bond, I felt Kade's protest. Felt his absolute refusal.
"No. We find another way. We..."
"There is no other way!" I grabbed his hand. Squeezed. "You broke your pack bond to save us. Let me do this to save you."
"Sera..."
The shaman-Primordial lunged. Claws extended toward Ember.
I didn't think. Just moved.
Put myself between them. Felt those claws punch through my stomach.
Pain exploded. White-hot. All-consuming.
Through the bond, Kade and Ember felt it too. All of us screaming. All of us dying together.
But I smiled through the agony. Because I'd bought time. Given Ember the opening she needed.
"Now!" I gasped. "Take it! Take everything!"
Ember's hands pressed against my chest. Right where the Soulstone power lived.
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