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The creature's eyes were gold like a typical wolf, but they glowed and were so wide and hollow, I wasn't sure there were even eyeballs in their place.
Looking behind me, I noticed two more, and they were just as fast and gruesome as the one that took a shot at me.
"Loki! Mutant wolves at three and six o'clock!"
He howled and ran even faster, speeding up to the point that it felt like he'd blend into a stream of light. I was trying to conjure up a rifle, but my magic was as low as my energy levels. Maybe that's why Loki didn't let me just waltz through this mountain.
I didn't stand a fucking chance.
We entered a thick forest, and when we exited into a clear white patch of snow, they weren't following us.
"Loki! They're gon-AH!" I began but he suddenly jolted to a stop with enough force that it sent me flying forward until I crashed, rolled, and eventually skidded to a stop. The spike of pain immediately told me I broke something -great fucking timing -but it was the howling screams and whimpers that pushed my body into flight-or-fight mode as I scrambled onto my hands and knees.
My eyes locked onto the white wolf, watching the collar shock the living shit out of him. He fought to claw at it as he hissed and cried out, but it kept shocking and shocking.
"LOKI!" I screamed as he whimpered and collapsed onto his side, his body convulsing as the shocks wouldn't fucking stop.
"Fuck!" I cursed and tried to get up, only to scream and fall back because of my right leg. "Really? Fucking hell!" Biting my lip, I muffled my pain and used my other working limbs to drag my ass to him.
My pain was nothing in comparison to whatever hell he was dealing with at this moment, and he'd done his duty of helping me when the one he was forced to serve wished me dead. If it wasn't for my pixie haircut, I would be a dead woman. But it was because of his kindness that I still had the opportunity to survive.
I can't abandon him.
My eyes caught onto the mutant creatures that were standing at the very edge of the forest. I realized from the slight glint around their collars that this was clearly a no-go zone.
"Loki! Hold on!" I hissed as I reached him. The poor thing whimpered and tried to wiggle away from me as I approached, but he wasn't fast enough.
"This thing has to go!" I snapped and reached for the very collar.
And received the biggest fucking shock in my life.
My scream didn't convey the amount of pain that burst through me and sent me literally flying back until I was gliding through the snow. I gasped for breath and coughed furiously, enough that I spat blood out.
"Fuck..." I groaned. "Alright...that...was fucking...stupid."
Loki whimpered at my statement, and I very slowly sat up to see the multiple burn wounds on my body. They were fighting to heal, which wasn't normal, but that wasn't my priority now.
"Bria...we have to help him," I practically begged out loud while fighting for breath. No shifter in this world deserved such a shock. I wouldn't even wish that on my enemies. No wonder someone like Felicia was able to have control over him.
Being shocked like that a few times would stop your heart.
I rolled onto my stomach, turned my body around, and slowly crawled to him again. I noticed the onslaught of clouds forming in the sky, only confirming that a storm was heading our way. We had to get off this mountain or we'd die before sunrise.
"You have to fight magic with magic. The shocks are magic oriented,"Bria explained.
"Now...if only...Aurelia was around," I heaved, and paused in crawling to turn my head and spit out more blood. "Fuck. That...shit literally electrocuted me."
"Willow, you won't survive another one."
I should have been frightened by her words, but no. That wouldn't possibly be Willow style. So, I did what I would do. Laughed my lungs out.
"Then...I better get...a damn award...from Mother...Moon," I breathed as I reached him. Loki whimpered again, trying to move away, but I shook my head.
"Oh no. We're...trying...that again," I panted. "After...a moment."
"WILLOW!"
My body jolted at Viktor's voice in my head, and I groaned at the sudden migraine.
