Zane’s pov;
I didn’t remember how I strayed from the vault.
One moment I was staring into that hallucination of Jessica being dragged into the spring by black mist, and the next, I was awake and was running towards the vault and then…..
Nothing!
I couldn’t remember anything. Perhaps the dark side had taken control and must’ve led me away. That was the only explanation I had for the memory lapse.
I forced myself upright, my claws had sunk into the tree back so deep that it took much effort to yank them free.
The spring glowed faintly through the trees, the water surface glowing unnaturally. My wolf growled with warning.
‘Don’t go near it. The wolf flames will taint it. Don’t!”
I obeyed and stepped back. I couldn’t risk contaminating our pack’s most sacred resource.
I ignored the po
