I covered his mouth and kept them tight on him. As much as I wanted to go over to him, say what I wanted to him, get a message to my father, it would have to wait because I couldn’t.
I had to get to Kai. He didn’t have the time for my revenge.
I took off running again, leaving my human vine burrito wriggling like a worm on the forest floor, but I’d cook him later, or I’d give him to my alphas, who did revenge so much better than me.
I felt more humans getting closer and I knew I didn’t have long, so I threw up a shield around me and ran straight through the c*****e to where Derik had hauled Kai behind a huge boulder.
His arm had a gash through it, bleeding black ooze, the edges sizzling, eating through more of his flesh.
“Kai,” I breathed, bending down to him, puffing as Derik no
