Chapter 0850 "But the corruption will spread," Elias says, kneeling down on Gabriel's other side and reaching across him to squeeze my shoulder. "It's not worth it, Ariel - what I watched Gabriel go through? I can't watch you do it too."

"Corruption?" Ben asks, his voice suddenly frantic. "What are you talking about?”

"I've come this far," I say with a sigh, shaking my head at him. "No time like the present. And if it starts to corrupt, I can always just... break the bond."

I sigh, looking down at Gabriel, hoping desperately that it's true.

"Ariel, please," Elias begs.

But it's too late.

I say a little prayer to my grandmother for protection, and close my eyes, and give my wolf a little nod. She stands at the edge of my soul and lifts her nose high, proud and regal, her pretty rose-gold fur blowing in some phantom wind.

And then we accept the bond, which snaps into place between my soul and Gabriel's.

His wolf shifts in his place sunk deep in the oil, eager, hungry. My wolf steps back, afraid and ready to run. I tense, both in my body and in my soul, ready to break the bond to reject him to flee...

But Gabriel's wolf collapses back into the oil, unable to stir.

searching for me. His mouth moves, making shapes, perhaps trying to say my name. And guilt rushes through me as I feel, anew, his pain - his physical pain, and his

- the corruption just clangs through him. How can he

murmur, reaching out and stroking

his head towards my hand, even though I'm not sure

happening?" Ben

and Elias. "As long as he's...out, I don't think he can corrupt me. But when he was healthy...he certainly wanted to. Which means we don't have a lot

Princess,” Ben says, his personality and his humor coming back to

see him looking down at me with his arms crossed and an eyebrow raised. "You got what you wanted, so?

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when I pull on it - the magic of a man well used to using it. And to my relief no corruption comes with it. Instead, I begin to explore the blue light that seems

shield, as a block to other magics, a nullifier. Unboosted by the

five years

as a

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himself so that magical influence can't touch

I realize that...it's so much more than

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