Chapter 326

Carmen pounces on him from behind, but she’s no match for his strength, skill, or speed. He catches her by the base of her neck and slams her to the ground. Right over a rock, a crack vibrates through the air around me, and she howls in sheer agony. Sierra latches onto his arm desperately, aiming to protect Carmen, sinking her teeth in while trying to encompass him in a blue glow, and I have no idea what she’s doing. Whatever it was, it failed, and Colton throws her off effortlessly. Like tossing away a rag, roaring aggressively so the trees around us shudder, I try to pull myself back together and get back in the fight. I try to breathe through crushed lungs, breathless and sweating. I try to center my frantic thoughts and figure out what happened to my powers. Your other gift….. absorb, deflect…. You can do it. Use the wolf in you. Those gifts might still be stronger. Sierra’s words filter in, a moment of hope rising inside me that she might be right, and I still can take him. I st