I planned on stealing a key to get the boys’ cuffs off, but the other magical wards … I had no plan for. Were they like the cuffs? Because I’d gotten my cuffs off once … it took a fey blade and some blood but—
“Do light fey carry fey blades? Or is that only a dark fey thing?” I asked.
Marmal’s eyes widened a little. “Allfey carry their birth blade. It’s a big deal to their culture.”
Okay … okay…
I paced harder. I had two hours. I would need my attention to be with my wolf and Sage, but maybe I could sneak away and steal a fey blade before—
“I’ll do it.” Marmal stepped forward and pulled a small dagger from behind her back. She gripped it in a tight fist and looked at me with determination.
“Do what?” I hadn’t said anything yet.
“You want a fey blade, right? But you need to stick with Sage since your wolf will be with her? I’ll get it and meet you back here before four p.m.” Marmal crossed a fist over her chest.
Wow, how had I lucked out with such supportive women by my side?
“Thank you,” I croaked.
She nodded and looked back in the direction of Pearl, probably communicating mentally.
‘I’ll keep in touch.’She tapped her head and pushed the words into my mind. I gave her a halfcocked grin.
Marmal was pack, and I felt so right with that decision. After our troll pack member slunk away into the hiking trail to rob some unsuspecting fey of their blade, I turned to Sage.
Placing one hand on either of her shoulders, I looked her right in the eyes and took a deep breath.
“Are you ready for my wolf to … join you?”
She swallowed hard. “Nope. Totally freaked out, have already imagined the worst, like she gets stuck, or I throw up, or go insane … but let’s do this.”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “Oh, girl, I love you.”
She grinned. “Just don’t get stuck. I like having only one soul in my body.”
I gave her a curt nod, as if I knew what I was doing when in fact I was scared myself. I didn’t want half of my soul stuck in another person’s body either! My wolf was ready, perched just at the edge of my skin, blocked only by the magic of the cuffs Sawyer had custom-made for me.
Reaching out, I pulled them off but kept them in my hands, ready to put them back on the second my wolf came out. Sending my scent, or whatever, out into Light Fey City, was not something I wanted to do right now.
The moment my wolf leapt from my body and onto the grass before me, I snapped the cuffs back on. My wolf was still spectral, not yet solidifying her body as she looked from Sage to me.
‘It’s going to be weird, I know,’I told her.‘But we gotta do it to get Sawyer.’
Sage made fists and braced herself like she was preparing to be hit, then her eyes flashed yellow.
‘Her wolf doesn’t like it,’my wolf said.
I shrugged. ‘Tough shit. She’ll get over it.’I was in alpha mode now and I was bringing my baby daddy home today no matter what.
My wolf nodded, and then leapt.
It was like time stopped. My wolf arced through the air as Sage flinched, closing her eyes and holding her breath. I held mine too, and so did my wolf. No one breathed, the wind didn’t blow, it was like the world stopped for a moment just to witness half of my soul merging with another person. Then she disappeared. She leapt right into Sage’s chest and … she was gone. A shock ripped through me, like electricity zapping up my spine. I cried out at the same time Sage did, our tandem screams ripping through the forest.
It hurt, like my skin was on fire, but only for a second before it was gone.‘What the fuck was that?’I asked my wolf.
‘Her wolf fought me for a second before relenting,’she told me.
Sage panted, holding her chest and looking over at me with wide eyes. “This is theweirdestfeeling of my life and I want it to stop as soon as possible.”
