Chapter Seventy-Nine - Willow

I’d never been more relieved in my entire life. When I felt Chase near, and his scent wafted through the woods, a seed of hope was rooted inside of me. This thing was smarter than I imagined him to be, but it was three against one. At least for now. I didn’t know what was in store for us when this ended. If this ended well. Would Patch hunt us down because he could? The royals, and the courts, were able to do mostly whatever they wanted in their region. Unless we fled the pack lands and decided to abandon it, there was no running from him. But I didn’t want to run. I wanted to fight him and win. I didn’t love Ian like a normal daughter would, but his family didn’t deserve to be treated like a science experiment, and neither did I. Chase tore the beast’s throat with his teeth, blood squirting into his mouth while Rex paced back and forth in anticipation. The monster screamed and thrashed around, kicking Chase several yards back. His ability to get up while bleeding to death was i