Chapter 57 DANE I placed the pearl on top of the wound .

Bright light flashed again , and there was the scent of smoke and burning .

I blinked , and when I could see again , the corruption was no longer livid and dark , but gray and faded .

Aurora ? She still didnt wake .

I lifted her .

We have to get her to Blue Ridge .

Now .

I didnt let Aurora go until it I had to lay her in a cot in the infirmary and step back so the healers could look at her .

I sent Archer off to find Evelyn .

I didnt bother to try and send Trajan away .

I knew he wouldnt go , and now wasnt the time for a power struggle .

Its not as bad as the other two , Celia said .

She was one of the wolves Id sent with Piper to guard Aurora at her former home .

She wore a long gray sweater that matched the soft color of her shoulder length , wavy gray hair .

Chapter 57 Shes wearing some kind of amulet .

It stopped the spread , I said .

2/6 These shadows were picking off my family one by one .

Theyd tried to get to me .

If not for Aurora , I would be in this bed .

Shed saved me .

Esther Reed had lied .

Aurora had been telling me the truth , shed always been loyal to me .

Now she was here , just as unconscious as Piper and my grandfather .

The unfairness of it , plus my own disgust at myself , was enough to make me want to hit my knees and roar at the universe .

Do you think shell wake up ? I asked Celia .

The grandmotherly woman pressed her lips together and breathed out in a worried sigh .

I dont know , Alpha .

amulet might help the

I dont know if taking it off of Aurora will end the magic

dont take it off , Trajan

,

, and my sister and grandfather are the people were

back , even for an instant , the

one ,

leaned down , slid my

, and unclasped the

slid off casily enough

watching to see if the darkness would return and start stretching

it didnt

out from the wound remained gray

walked the amulet over to Piper , in the next bed over , and laid it on her chest where her wound was the one Evelyn had

do

and set it on her

Nothing .

same for

necklace back and fastened it

this mean ?

and not them ? If I knew , Id do

! I turned to see

behind her and closed it

57 4/6 She ran over to me and

on the back

wrong ?

birthmark on her arm the one that always

do something ? No , I said

things to talk about

to figure out

to

made of shadows beneath the old Reed

Evelyns eyebrows rose .

the news , but she didnt look very worried

Then I suppose she needs me to save her

could explain , she walked over to the bed and

skin between her brows pinched into a

The amulet shes wearing , I

the spread

her arms

you call for me ?

could wake her

Why ?

awfully cager , Dane

to the bottom of everything thats been going on ,

the only one who can read

Evelyn huffed .

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