Aria pulled Kade behind her, placing herself between him and the approaching entities. The Three were even more terrifying up close. They towered over the floating island, their forms shifting and changing, never quite solid.
"He doesn't belong to you," Aria said, forcing strength into her voice. "He's a wolf, bound to the mortal realm. You have no claim on him."
"He entered willingly," the first entity said. Its voice was like wind through empty spaces. "Sacrifice is consent. He is ours by ancient law."
"He entered to seal a tear. To protect his realm from your invasion. That's not the same as choosing to stay."
"Semantics," the second entity said with something like amusement. "But interesting. You argue pack law in a place where pack law has no meaning. Here, there is only the grey.
