Book 7: Out of Options

Ryatt

Granger returns three hours after Ella slumped into a restless slumber in my arms. His golden wolf appears at the edge of the clearing I’ve been sitting in, unable to even blink, my mind and heart in shambles.

How could I have been so stupid? So desperately, unapologetically unaware of how hard this kind of travel would be on Ella in her state?

She whispers something in her sleep, her face buried in my shirt. For the last two hours she’s been jerking awake and calling out for a little girl, of all things. She asks what her name is, over and over, each time the question leaves her lips it becomes more pleading.

She’s in pain. While our bond isn’t strong enough to feel those changes and emotions in my own body, I can smell it on her. I can smell the changes taking place in her body as the minutes speed by.

“Granger,” I say hoarsely. My unused voice sounds like someone has taken a rake over my vocal cords.

Granger shifts back t