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There is no way for them to save him, and they know it.
Vale looks at me, clenching his jaw, and I wonder if he will walk right into my plan.
He has no choice but to trust an enemy. “What can heal him?” he finally asks.
“Vale,” Jai snaps.
“It’s my brother. I cannot let him die. I want to hear what she has to say,” Vale roars, and Jai is silent for once. “I can’t lose him,” he tells Jai quietly, but I hear it.
When he looks back at me, he appears resigned and tired. “How? Tell me.”
I shift back, sitting cross-legged in human form. Despite the situation, his eyes drop to my body before he jerks them back to my own. I pull my hair back, using curly brown strands to tie it off.
“A witch could, but the closest coven is two hundred miles away. He would be dead first. You could pray to the gods, but they don’t tend to care about humans and they would let you die for fun. There’s fey magic, of course, but tracking one would take days, and he would be dead.”
“Tell me!” Vale demands. “Please.”
“I can save him,” I offer. “Healing is my talent. I can save your brother.”
“But?” Vale demands. “Hurry up!”
“But I want something in return.”
“What?” He breathes heavily, expecting me to demand my freedom.
I could, but I need information more, so that means staying here. “You leave my pack alone for one week—one full week.”
His eye twitches. “No.”
“Then your brother dies.” I shrug, ready to turn back.
“Wait!” he says, looking at Lucien. “Is he truly dying?”
“Look with your own eyes. Your heart knows what your brain will not accept. I can smell the death and decay on him. If we wait much longer, he will be out of even my skill set,” I admit truthfully. “I am not lying. I have nothing to gain from his death, but you will take it out on me.”
He works through my logic while Jai glares at me the entire time, and when Vale turns around, his shoulders slump. “Deal.I’ll let you out, and you’ll save my brother. If you try anything, I’ll kill you.”
“Deal.” Standing gracefully, I move to the door and wait.
Jai grabs a gun and points it at me, while Vale holds his knife and aims it towards my chest as he quickly unlocks the cage and swings it open. It’s clear from his bunched muscles that he expects me to leap at him. I slowly walk out of the cage, uncaring about my nakedness, and move to Lucien.
“I need room,” I tell Jai when he crowds me, getting in my way. I don’t stop until my toes meet his, and I have to tilt my head up to meet his gaze. “If you want me to save him . . .”
“Jai, move. That’s an order,” Vale snaps.
“One move and I’ll kill you,” Jai threatens, running his gun down my chest.
I flex my hand and lift it, scraping one nail down his chest in the same movement. “I can kill you quicker, human, now move.”
Something in his eyes darkens before he steps away, allowing me access. I move to Lucien’s side, pressing my hand to his forehead. “He’s slipping away,” I say softly. “He may be too far gone.”
I feel the barrel of a gun press to the back of my head. “Save him or you’re dead.”
Rolling my eyes, I press my hands to the wound, ignoring their swearing, and close my eyes once more. “Move the gun away, it’s messing with my senses.”
“Scared, little wolf?” Jai purrs in my ear.
“No, I’m annoyed. It is causing my natural predatory instinct to kick in, and I cannot heal him like that,” I mumble.
