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“Damn it,” she hisses. She turns and notices Silvera standing near the entrance of the room, and her brows pull together. “Is that Willow’s wolf?”
“Yes. She comes and goes,” Juniper murmurs.
“Do you think she’s still connected?” asks Maeve.
“I’m not sure,” replies Juniper. “It doesn’t seem like it.”
“So why is she still here? She’s a wild wolf. They don’t stay around humans for long…not unless they need to.” Maeve walks toward Silvera in her long black gown, dropping to one knee and stroking the top of her head. “Once a wolf is connected to its owner, it stays with the owner. Which must mean Willow is still here somehow.” Maeve looks deeply into Silvera’s eyes—myeyes—and cocks her head ever so slightly.
“Are you here, Willow?”
“Mum, you’re wasting your time,” Rowan mutters.
“Silvera, give her your paw,”I order.
Silvera does as told, lifting a paw and placing it on Maeve’s arm. Maeve blinks down at the paw, stunned. “You’re still here,” she breathes. “You didn’t give up.” She says the last part to me. “You’re still here.”
My heart beats faster, and as badly as I want to cry, I bite my bottom lip and hold it in. “We need you back, Willow. We need you to find Caz.”
Silvera barks, pulling away from Maeve, and Maeve stands up straight.
“Wait—Silvera, stay! Stay, girl!” The urgency drips from my voice, but she leaves the room anyway. I’m losing control of her now. Where is she going?
Silvera runs back out the door she came through. It’s misting outside, and the micro droplets cling to her fur. I feel it on my skin, as if I’m there, but she’s leading me, and though I’ve lostcontrol, I sense she knows what she’s doing. I trust her, so I stay quiet and let her go.
She dashes toward the forest where I dropped, paws pounding into the soil, until she stops in the same spot I was taken to before—where my portal is. Then she looks up and howls, and her howl echoes through me. It’s loud and deafening, and when she stops, footsteps sound behind her.
Maeve, Rowan, Juniper, and Killian stop abruptly, about a foot away, staring at Silvera, and a sharp gasp falls from Juniper’s lips before she cups her mouth.
“Willow?” she whispers. It sounds like she’s in my room. I hear her voice, so close to me. I slowly open my eyes. I’m still seated on my bed, legs crossed, but my bed is now in the middle of the forest, and there is Caz’s family, staring at me.
I look down at the purple haze radiating off my body and my bed.
“She’s not physically here,” Maeve says, taking a step closer. “But she is mentally. And she can go with her wolf.”
I climb off the bed, but I feel weightless, like I’m floating. However, I feel the wet soil too, on my bare feet.
“Can you all hear me?” I ask, and Maeve nods.
Juniper’s chin is practically on the ground, as well as Rowan’s, and Killian holds steady, but I can tell he wants to react too.
“How do I find him?” I step closer to Maeve. She tries touching me, but her hand goes right through me. As if I’m a ghost—a passenger in this world.
“Your time is running out. Caspian must already be pulling away, and if he does that...” Maeve works hard to swallow, fighting tears. “Have Silvera find Cerberus. If you’re Tethered to Caspian, then she shares a link with Cerberus.” I drop my eyes to Silvera, who waits eagerly at my side.
“I’ll find him,” I tell Maeve, then I look at the rest of them, pressing a hand to the center of my chest. “I can feel him. He’s in pain.”
“Please hurry,” Juniper pleads.
I nod, then turn to Silvera. She licks my hand as I try to pet her, and when I mentally give her the command to find Cerberus, she whips her head to the right, sniffs the air, then dashes away.
I follow her, looking back once at Caz’s family before pointing my gaze ahead. I may not be here physically, but if they can see me, he can see me, and that should be enough. At least for now.
Sixty-Three
CAZ
The weightof the gun feels too heavy in my hand. I can hardly lift it. Ever since leaving Moren’s, a weakness has plagued me that’s unlike anything I’ve ever felt before.
