Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter

276

The air grew colder as Elyra and Dain pressed deeper into the forest. A sinister stillness enveloped the trees, and every shadow seemed alive. Elyra's grief dulled her senses, leaving her steps sluggish and her focus fractured. "We should rest soon," Dain suggested, glancing at the fading sunlight.

Elyra nodded absently, her mind elsewhere. "I'll find some water," she mumbled, wandering toward the sound of a trickling stream.

As she knelt by the stream to fill a flask, a hand shot out from the shadows, grabbing her wrist in an iron grip.

guttural voice rasped,

form more monstrous than ever. His skin shimmered with a dark, unnatural sheen, and his

cried, struggling against his grip. Her pendant flared briefly, sending

else deserves you. Not Dain, not anyone. You're

with fury. "Get away from her!"

solid punch, but Jason barely flinched, his obsession fueling his power. "You're nothing," Jason spat, slamming Dain into a tree. Elyra screamed, her powers flaring uncontrollably. Light surged from her hands, but Jason's grip on her

realized,

affection. "I'll take you home, Elyra. Where you