I turned my gaze back to Lyra, and the red witch was still performing some sort of incantation over her, which made me instantly lunge forward, intent on stopping whatever she was doing. I had no clue what kind of spell she was casting, and the fear I felt for Lyra was overwhelming. It wasn’t because she was a witch—I’ve known many witches who were kind and trustworthy. But this red witch… she had a reputation almost as dangerous as the black witch’s. I didn’t want her anywhere near Lyra.
I moved to put an end to whatever the red witch was doing, but Corbin stepped into my path and blocked me from getting any closer.
“Move out of my damn way, Corbin,” I growled through clenched teeth.
“Alpha, I’m really sorry. You know I wouldn’t normally go against you like this, but we need you to tru
