Dion!Called Feyra. I skidded to a halt.The highest tower!
I growled and changed direction, away from the room that had exploded. I could barely see the far off tower through the rain, but it was there. I bounded across roofs and leaped the climbing heights. The rain became heavier and the tiles more slick, but I gripped harder and ran on.
My heart exploded in pain! I scrambled to hold on and stop, I was sliding towards a roof edge… I almost fell…
I ripped into the tiles and ground to a halt. My heart was still burning with agony. I howled, falling to my stomach. The pain was excruciating.
Feyra!
But there was no reply. I should have a connection this close…
No, no, no, no!
I was seething with the pain now. Pain for all the deaths that had been caused by Lady Skol. All the deaths that had been caused by these damn prophecies and pointless wars.I pulled myself up and backed up.I had to save her. I needed my mate. I couldn’t lose her now. Not now.
But she seems so faint…
I bounded for the last roof before the high tower. I came to the edge I’d almost fallen off of and leaped…
I crashed into the wall and dug my claws in. I climbed the stones, the pain driving further into my body and gut. I felt the pain ebb away as I gained each yard higher.I hoped that didn’t mean that she was dying.
The moon returned and the talisman began to shine. My fur glowed brighter, the feelings of every dead wolf and person rose in me. My wolf grew and I was ripping bricks away as I sprinted up the wall.
I was going to kill Lady Skol dead. I was going to end her once and for all. My blood raged and I took one final leap, clearing the top and landing in safety on the platform.
I saw Feyra’s body.
No! Feyra! My heart exploded. I wanted to collapse–
A ball of lightning struck my chest.
I flinched.
I scanned around the large platform and saw Lady Skol readying another energy ball to throw. She spun her hands, building a bigger ball. I stalked her.
My mate was dead. There was no point to life anymore other than to kill the only woman who needed killing.
Lady Skol threw the energy ball and it exploded in my fur.
But I didn’t flinch. She stared in horror. I would never flinch again. All I had to do was end this damn war.
Lady Skol threw another ball. Fear was growing on her face. She stumbled backwards and realized she was at the edge.
She brought her hands wide and snapped them together, I felt millions of wires wrap around me, but it was nothing compared to my power. I stalked on and they broke. She tried other spells but nothing could break through. Nothing could stop me.
My heart took in the form of Feyra, dead, on the ground. I became more determined to kill her.
Lady Skol, with fear rippling across her face, brought her hands up, pulling down the power of lightning into her hands. The power swelled in her hands, twin balls, growing… growing… I walked without fear.
I leaped as she brought her hands down to throw them at me. The balls flew at me and thetalismanabsorbed them.
I snatched her by her throat, crushing it in my paw before she could utter a single word. I squeezed as tight as I could. Until all the bones cracked and turned to dust. Until I saw the life ebbing from her eyes. Then I turned and threw her across the platform and off into the darkness.
I ran to Feyra.
I shifted back into my human form. I took her in my arms. “Oh no, Feyra! No, no, no,” I said, squeezing her against my body. “I can’t lose you. I can’t. I can’t.” I felt for her heartbeat, even with the knife sticking out of her heart. Even with…
The locket! Queen Diora…
