Chapter 0711

Tony...floats.

He blinks in and out of consciousness, seeing flashes of the world beneath, between, and around him. Sometimes he's awake for a few moments or more, and then he starts to panic - because where...where is he? Where is he in space, in time but also...where is he? His body? His...his mind?

His wolf? Tony panics, searching for him -

But something like a soft hand comes to stroke over his brow, and he relaxes, and his eyes close and he's gone again.

Floating still - almost aimless, but always drawn by some current towards some...place.

"Oh no," says a voice, cheerful as a spring morning, soft and lovely as a running stream. "I'm not done with you yet."

The yank is physical and Tony gasps as something pulls him by the back of the neck, almost as if he is a pup being pulled up by his scruff.

He spins and then, somehow, is placed on his feet...

Even though there is no ground.

Tony takes a moment to steady himself, his arms spread wide at his side, finding his balance. Next to him, his wolf taps anxiously from toe to toe, looking up at him, whining with fear. Tony gasps and laughs to see him there, incredibly grateful that he's back. But still - where...

And who...

anything - who he is, his

that's better," says

his head up, his mouth falling open when

before. The Goddess. She smiles as she studies him, her arms crossed. "You're all right, boy," she says, laughing a little. "I pulled you out of that river

gossamer current of air, all brown and grey and beige, and floating in it...forms. People. All asleep, or

she replies, and Tony looks back up at her, his stomach sinking. "In the

he mutters, slipping his hands into

smile grows and she laughs

he asks, his mouth twisting

head and looking at him like she means it. "But yes,

that he's just like those other souls

Sadness sinks in him that it's over so soon. There's just...a great deal he never got

have a mate? God, if he did...what would she have been

the Goddess says, drawing his eyes back to her, "there will be no waiting in the Deadlands

his shoulders, staring

boy," she says, "for what you did for my granddaughter, saving her like that It was very valiant. But I'm afraid my other granddaughter has gotten

asks, staring at her hard,

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