“You need to deal with Walker and the goddess when we lure the wolf out of him. I don’t know how, but only you can do it.”
His expression is so intense, but he smiles, and I can feel how good his soul is, and suddenly, I can see the god in him.
My stomach tenses. “Kendric, I’m not sure what you think we’re doing, but—”
“You have this. I have faith in you. The entire world has faith in you.”
He rushes towards the wolves.
“Alpha!” I protest.
He turns back, fist to his chest, and bows. “The honour truly has been mine.”
I gape at him, words escape me, but just when I think of something, the bonds surge, and I drop to my knees, panting and clutching my chest.
“Cadel! You need to pin him to the ground. I need to speak to him!” Kendric shouts.
The big wolf that is Cadel flicks an ear and glances at him out of the corner of his eye.
“Trust me!” Kendric shouts. “A lady in a dream told me to be here!”
Cadel snorts, making a decision lightning fast. He sits back on his haunches and springs into the air; his fur flies; he twists in mid-air.
I use my sword to get to my feet, staring up at him in awe.
I stay close, watching what they’re doing, my sword at the ready.
He lands hard on the Ravage Wolf, pinning it to the ground.
“Luna!”
The Ravage Wolf doesn’t stop, gnashing its teeth and growling.
“Walker!”
The eyes flicker. I can see Walker fighting for control, but he can’t win, not against them both. Kendric kneels in front of him, putting his throat in a dangerously vulnerable position.
“Push him into me.”
I stand up straight, staring at Kendric.What?
“Give him to me. Then you can just deal with the goddess. Let me fight your monster, Alpha. Let me do this for you.”
The Ravage Wolf snarls. Walker can’t do this, not alone. We can’t beat the trio in the same body. But Kendric will die.
“Shove him out!” I shout, hating that I’m sentencing the alpha to his death. “Walker, you shove that piece of shit out of you, right now!”
The Ravage Wolf jerks and shudders, and then it’s flowing into Kendric. Cadel turns with it, keeping it in view. Snarling. He is terrifying; I love him so much.
The wolf that was in Walker and has now possessed Kendric’s body lunges at me, but I get my sword up. It howls and then lifts a paw. Cadel steps between us, snarling with a mouth full of teeth, chasing the Ravage Wolf, move for move.
The fight gets even more vicious, but I can’t focus on that; I look at Walker. He’s got one grey eye and one brown.
“She’s in there with you?” I murmur to him.
He lets out a sob. It’s a broken sound.
“I don’t want this, Keres. I’m tired,” he whispers, and he sounds terrible, like he’s been screaming for days.
