Chapter 138 DANE There was a long moment of silence from Waylon Reed .

Then he said , Fine .

But remember , I have this place surrounded , which means even though that big wolf is holding those children , they are in my power .

He released me .

The skin of my neck stung and burned from where hed pressed the silver dagger into my neck .

Hed been forcing it back so hard , the muscles ached .

Breathing had been hard , so I inhaled deeply .

The lycan holding Aurora let her go , and she fell to her knees and crawled the few feet to me .

The wolves holding my arms released me , and I wrapped them around her .

Maybe I should have refused this .

It would have been easier on all of us to get it over with , like ripping off a band aid .

But there were things I had to tell Aurora .

Words I needed her to hear before I left this world forever .

Chapter 138 Words Id like to say to my children if I got the chance .

Aurora rose and pulled me to my feet .

Broken Forest wolves moved out of her way as she led me toward the woods .

2/5 Where do you think youre going ? Esther Reeds shrill voice cut through the night .

Aurora looked to the sky .

We have half an hour before the moon is fully at its peak .

Im taking 25 minutes .

Not one second longer , Waylon growled , Or you will return to find your childrens blood spilled to feed the stone .

she looked toward the cluster of Blue Ridge wolves on the other side of

, I knew they were standing in a circle around them with Trajan at

wanted to spill the blood of my children , hed have

to take this

walk

that was supposed to be my greatest

second longer , I

this , Reed

only thing you have that is stopping me from

led me into the woods , to a space by a stream beneath the overhanging branches of a willow

senses ,

scented wolves prowling , but it

: the moment , we had at least

, she threw herself into

, Im

all

didnt see the missing

I didnt know .

pulled her close

Shh .

It doesnt matter .

dont want to waste the time we have

chest , and I cradled it there , burying my fingers in the soft , silken

top of her head and breathed her

lilacs , just like the first time Id met her

could have had so

We should have .

years riddled with loneliness , and we had

, she squeezed her

didnt want to spend this whole

put my fingers beneath her chin and tilted her head up , forcing

things to say

? she laughed bitterly

running to Atlanta for work or headed to the store for groceries

Dane , youre about to- She blinked rapidly and tried to pull away so

let her

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