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"Gods," I gasped as I stumbled backward and fell to the ground.
Screams of men and women surrounded me, and I searched desperately for a way out.
Something slithered up my ankle, twining itself around my calf, and I screamed, tearing at it with my fingers in panic.
Fuck!!
A snarling brown wolf bit the cords before I could do anything, ripping them from my legs then violently tearing the green strands to pieces.
Shifting back to his human form, Holden grabbed me again, sharp fingers biting into my bicep as he tugged me to my feet.
A sharp slap burned across my cheek.
"WAKE UP AND DO YOUR FUCKING JOB!" he spat as he threw me forward.
The dozen remaining wolves had formed a tight group and were barely managing to keep each other from getting pulled away.
Holden threw me into the center of the group and gestured toward the forest. "WHERE?!"
My cheek burned and my heart raced, but I pushed all that away. I needed to survive!
Frantically, I searched the forest. Far beyond us, I could sense … something different from the strange, primal korras around us.
A man screamed to my left, and an entire mech cartwheeled through the air, crashing with a sickening crunch.
"There's something that way," I yelled, pointing deeper into the forest.
Holden returned to his wolf form, and the others snarled and howled as we ran in that direction.
Even running at an all-out sprint, I was barely able to stay with the pack and on my feet.
Another scream pierced the darkness, and I cast a single glance behind me.
My heart sank at the sight. The group of fifty had been whittled down to just me, a single mech, two collared mages, and Holden — with his pack.
I looked forward and felt again for that strange korra in the distance, praying it hadn't been my imagination.
It'd felt similar to the many korras around us, but brighter and pulsing and …
Oh, gods. My stomach sank.
Just what did Frexin have us chasing?
Chapter 60
Rien
Silence.
I missed my silence.
My forest was full of humans, with their noise and chaos, and unnatural materials. It was too much.
Over the past few cycles, more and more humans had ventured into my forest, intent on gods knew what. And every time, I had to drive them off.
We just wanted to be left in peace.
I stared at the bedraggled humans fighting their way through the forest, tearing and stabbing at anything that came near. There were only a few left now, one with metal skin, two with strange collars, a few in wolf forms, and another with pale hair and delicate features.
