world
Keeper-all vanished in a blinding s
swirled around him, silver and glowing, pulsating with a rucent silver energy. Her small frame trembled, lips parted in silen
screaming, claws digging into the
d, sprinting for
e glow intensified, bright enough to burn his eyes. T
oed through the realm. "If you do, you will destroy her.
led. His wolf growled deep in
oss
yes blazing. "This is your only chance, Untouchab
lailed against the glowing sphere, silver light
led. "I will not lose y
k. He hit the stone hard, teeth gritting in p
hoed endlessly through the mist. "The Moon Well tests
is wolf hissed
Moon Well recognized that bond. He could feel it. Every pulse o
ser, carefully
her. "You're alive because fate wants it, because...
k, but no sound came out. Her body trembled, weak and unstead
e world
s, shadows, twisted forms, all circling them. The Moon We
he Curse Keeper's voice echoed. "Your emot
will fight! I will kill every shadow in
first wave of the M
and constricting. They were not physical-he could feel them cutting into
violently in response
h the invisible chains. They burned, ripped at his skin
echoed. "You will break, A
at, faint, faltering. He could feel the pulse of her borrowed
ged fo
ing pit of silver energy, pulling him down. Shadows twisted like s
adows, tearing the serpentine shapes apart. He reached the
light illuminated runes etched into the stone floor-ancie
aster. The borrowed l
. It was a judge. It measured intent, emotion, loyalty...
.. or lose her forever," t
ear coiling into one.
ry fear he had ever had. Pack members dying. Aria fadin
hadow. His wolf roared, his instincts sharp, his mi
e reached
oward him. Her eyes shone with t
voice cracking. "I... I
ht shot outward, hitting him full in th
able," the Curse Keeper's voice said, fadi
d into h
ine. And
, not risking the borrowed life, but close enough that the
"I will fight fate itself. I will survive every curse, every enemy,
ce. Then expanded, envelopi
faint, fragmented, cha
e barely remembered, a stolen s
th
scre
lver energy shot out, spinning, forming
he sphere expanded, lifting both of them into the air. The M
trembling. "Lykos...
"I know... but I won't
ses screamed. He could feel the Curse Keeper la
he world sh
e falling. Or rising. He couldn't tell
r of it all, he saw it
der than the forest, older than any Alpha, older than the Curse
's s
truggling against somethin
her stolen soul, every borrowed h
now... she woul
Wolf roared. Heart t
u!" he shouted. "I
pths of the Moon Well
t witch, not wolf-anci
ill be tested. Your bond judged.
olently. Her face twisted in pain
e impossibl
flew outward. Her pulse-faint, fra
re breaks..
ugh the silver shards. His wolf
ormed-magic too st
econds.
th
Well itself. Not the Curse Ke
ng alive. Something that
it l
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