Ellie
Following the winding green trail of light, Tempest zooms through the forest. Granny and Drako are behind me. Riley is weakening and every minute we run, I feel it more and more. He’s not in pain any longer, but I fear he’s giving up. No warmth returns when I tell him I am on my way.
We hit the edge of a pack and I watch the light lead straight into it toward a tall building. Tempest stops to wait for Granny and Drako who stopped the bike a mile back not wanting to alert them with the noise.
I link them both knowing he cannot talk to Granny that way without me. “Tempest says we will go in from here. She can use the trees and get to the packhouse unseen.”
Granny nods smiling at me. “We’ll head over to the left and if you need a distraction sugar, you link me.”
Drako shakes his
