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And all of us would be free.
Deciding that was the best possible plan, I averted my eyes and remained silent as Clevv put his arm over my shoulders, watching the men as they wrestled Ervo off the ground. Mare was hauled up onto his back after he shifted to his massive flaming bird form, her body pinned between two other fae men. One of them had his claws to Ervo’s throat, and the other gripped Mare tightly.
When they soared into the sky, Clevv barked commands about carrying Priel to the other hounds, then pulled me up onto his back as he shifted.
I despised the feel of his muscles beneath me when he took off running, so I grabbed fistfuls of his fur, hopefully causing him a little pain as he sprinted away with me.
As we left the cave behind, I peered over my shoulder. The man who carried a bound, unconscious Priel, followed behind us.
At least my hound was safe for the time being.
Everything else, we would figure out a way to deal with.
Priel wokeup less than an hour into the long, long run. Clevv stopped running, and Ervo circled above us.
The fae wrestled him, until they all shifted and began tearing into each other.
I couldn’t watch that.
“Don’t fight them, Priel,” I called out.
One of the men’s bodies went flying, and then a bleeding, growling Priel in his hound form was glowering at me, but had stopped fighting. The other hound stood a few feet to his side, watching the stronger fae warily. Priel’s front paws were still bound together, and his back ones were too, yet he didn’t bother looking down.
I could tell he was checking to make sure I was okay, trying to figure out what had happened.
“We’re fine. You have to stop fighting,” I urged.
He snarled at me, gesturing with his head.
I could imagine what he was furious about.
Me, riding on Clevv’s back.
There were bigger issues, but the fae’s possessiveness was undeniable and didn’t seem to be something they could control.
“If you want Priel to follow you peacefully, I need to shift and run on my own feet,” I told Clevv.
Ultimately, the traitorous pack outnumbered me and Priel, so I couldn’t just make an executive decision and jump off Clevv’s back. Priel and Ervo were among the strongest of the seelies, but it was Priel’s shitty family who had us. If anyone could keep up with the Wild Hunt, it was their own damn families.
And besides that, they had already proven they were willing to hurt Mare to get what they wanted.
Clevv growled and snapped his teeth at Priel.
Priel snarled back, and I saw the way my hound’s body tensed.
He was going to attack Clevv.
Honestly, I thought Clevv and the other men would be willing to kill Priel if things got too out of hand. And considering that he was still bound, the chance of him surviving if they wanted him dead was minimal.
So I shoved away the paralyzing fear in my chest and lunged between the men.
My feet hit the ground just in time for both of them to halt and snarl at me as I stood between them.
“No one needs to die,” I said firmly.
Priel’s snapping teeth told me he disagreed.
I didn’t know if there was a way out of this situation that didn’t include at least one death, so I didn’t necessarily think he was wrong.
