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 .

help the others ,

taking it off of Aurora will end the magic thats keeping hers

it off ,

yourself , soldier , I snarled

sister and grandfather are

, even for an instant , the amulet goes back on Aurora

one

leaned down ,

her neck , and unclasped the chain

slid off casily enough

waited , watching to see if the darkness would return and

it didnt

the wound remained gray

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

didnt do

, I lifted it and set it on

Nothing .

the same for

necklace back and fastened it around Auroras neck while Trajan

mean

I knew , Id

turned to see Evelyn come through the

slipped in behind her and

4/6 She ran over to me

, then patted her awkwardly on the back before stepping

? she asked

looked at me with big eyes and rubbed the crescent birthmark on her arm the one that always reminded me how shed saved my life

do something ? No , I

to talk

figure

until we figured out how to get these three

of shadows beneath the old Reed pack

Evelyns eyebrows rose .

look happy to hear the news , but she didnt look

suppose she needs me to save her life

, she walked over to the bed

brows pinched into a

amulet shes

the spread

her arms over her

am I even doing here ? Why did you call for me ?

wake

?

seem awfully cager

to the bottom of everything thats been going on , Trajan growled

only one who can read the

Evelyn huffed .

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