Caitlyn's POV
It was hard to keep up with Rael.
At one point, Rael dropped to all fours and signaled with his eyes for me to get on his back, but my stubbornness wouldn't let me. He shook his head at my antics and rose again, yet he stayed close—close enough to catch me if I truly fell. The farther we moved, the more the sigil pulsed and burned against my skin. I gripped my dagger, knuckles white, trying to ignore the dizziness creeping back in.
We had barely made it past the second gates when a guttural howl shattered the silence. Echo Wolves surged from the shadows, their forms flickering like broken reflections. They were so unnaturally twisted that even the vaultborn looked normal in comparison.
Their bodies were jagged, pieced together from fragments of rotted wolves, their eyes g
