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 .

might help the others

I dont know if taking it off of Aurora will

it off

,

territory , and my sister and grandfather are the people

coming back , even for an instant , the amulet goes back

57 I gave one ,

I leaned down , slid my

neck , and unclasped

slid off casily

see if the darkness would

, it didnt

from the wound

, in the next bed over , and laid it on her chest where her wound was the one Evelyn had cauterized

do

set it on

Nothing .

was the same for my

and fastened it

does this mean

it work on her and not them ? If I knew , Id

I turned to see Evelyn come through the door

her and closed

She ran over to me and threw her arms around me

, then patted her awkwardly on the back before stepping out of

? she asked

the crescent birthmark on her arm the one that always reminded me how shed saved my life back when we were

? No , I

to

figure

to get these three

of shadows beneath the old Reed

Evelyns eyebrows rose .

news , but she didnt look very

? Then I suppose she needs

could explain , she walked over to

between her brows pinched into a frown

The amulet shes

stopped the spread

crossed her arms over her

even doing here ? Why did you call

could wake

Why ?

cager

to get to the bottom of everything thats been going on ,

who

Evelyn huffed .

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