Chapter 145 AURORA I fout him , my mind pulling back from everything this creature was , everything it wanted from me .

But he leaned over me , grinned , and inhaled .

Black smoke rose from my chest and curled into a ball of black obsidian that hung between us , like a dark mirror image of the pearl pendant that had channeled my power as a healer .

I felt my heart start to turn cold as one by one , my memories of the good things in my life began to wink out like dying stars .

Evanders easy smile .

Trajans steadying voice .

Dane kissing me .

Dane … My children laughing as I read them a story .

It was all slipping away .

No ! I cried .

I tried to fight him , to hold on , but it was like water slipping through my fingers .

My heart screamed for what I was losing and started to freeze .

Chapter 145 At the same time , memories of my life as a young woman in Broken Forest were revealed .

The Reeds twisting my mind as a little girl , corrupting me , forcing me to believe that the only way I could be worthy and loved was to embrace loss , pain , and the dark .

Tha .

s what the Nameless wanted from me .

To be his beacon of pain .

To spread it across the world .

I had to fight .

Desperately , I flung my mind , and my heart out , searching for an anchor .

Something to hold just a small part of me .

There was no moon tonight , only darkness outside the windows .

And yet … I suddenly felt the smallest touch of … something … and a voice whispered , Even in the darkest times , I am here .

I grasped that power .

It was all I needed .

! **** DANE I ran in my big , dark gray wolf body at the head of my newly enlarged pack back to

as we surged

Piper needed me .

Holden was there .

Aurora already , I Chapter 145 3/5 couldnt lose

get to her in time

paw caught on a root at the edge of an outcropping

and my head slammed into a stone

AURORA I blinked , and suddenly I wasnt in the terrible ,

, overlooking a wide lake in

lake and sky were blue with

trees were golden with autumn

? I

It was Dane .

down the hill toward me and

face against his

couldnt believe it , but he looked and felt and smelled so real , so good

Like himself .

face was grim , but he lifted

Thanks to you .

? I dont know , I- My gaze caught on the sky just above the trees ,

it was supposed to

that didnt make any sense

new

supposed to be completely

you much , a feminine

to you

can give you one

cling to

of

One stolen second .

of ti .

between time .

Dont waste it .

ahead will be dark … The voice

met Danes dark eyes

was the

, years ?

held me in his arms , and

been through so fucking

, arent we ? We tried to do what she wanted and

might not have heard

knew him

raised my hand to his cheek

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