Dust rose, paws struck, and claws slashed across skin like a sword.
Sylas held her against his chest. She looked terrible, barely holding on. And her wolf... its presence was also weak. What the hell happened while he was gone?
All these while he planned against Cain while absorbing the shards, he thought Cain would remain in the west. The dinner with the council was supposed to last for a while, but Cain had used that as a distraction.
Made everyone think he was still there.
While he came to Gravemont. For Theodora.
Sylas was mad at himself for being so late. By the time he realised Cain was on his way here, it was already too late, hence their late arrival. Cain's forces had hijacked everything, and even though they came for just one person, they had left destruction in their wake.
Sylas had miscalculated. Cain had been smarter.
He turned to Zeke and the female wolf, "Take both of them away from here," Sylas ordered the moment Wolfe dropped down next to him.
