Chapter 331

I span the circle around us, a flurry of worry and anticipation spiking inside me. Dodging another fly attack from a brown wolf that Carmen flips on its side and tosses backward. My panic rises further, and I spin around, visually raking every space in front of us. I know I can’t let him out of my sight. I can’t lose the one person who may be able to chase the witch down. I take in the trees, the bushes, the rocks, and all around us, frantically searching for a sign to locate him, then weaken instantly, blood draining from my face when I spot what I seek. Twenty feet to our left, almost concealed by a thick tree trunk. He’s holding up a smaller, grey wolf by the throat. His teeth close to their jugular in a threatening manner and about a second away from tearing it out. There’s no mistaking that’s his intent. NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! My ears almost explode, and I swear my heart erupts in my rib cage as though it has already combusted as I crumble to the ground, grasping the unbearable pain in