“You think that now, when I’m so close, I’m going to have regrets?” she asked coldly. “I have spent decades planning for this. I have thought of every angle. Every moment. There is nothing that you can say to deter me. This is what is best for the mountain, and I am willing to make any and every sacrifice.”
Nearing me, she whipped out a syringe and plunged the needle into my arm. For a second, I thought she was injecting me with something, but she simply withdrew blood. Then, without another word, she left the room and slammed the door.
The chains were coated in iron and salt. They didn’t burn, but all my attempts at unlocking them were futile. Alone, I called on my wolf. She rose up inside. The shift was awkward given that I couldn’t drop to all fours, but the chains fell off me and I s
