*Eleanor*
The fighting has slowed. Most people retreated upon seeing Hati violently murder their friends. It was clear to them that he wasn’t some feral wolf wandering in from the woods but targeting them.
He walks over to me and rubs his head on my hand again. I don’t want to be afraid of him, but I’m just so unsure. He steps back and shifts back to Erik, who rushes to me. He grabs my hips and pulls me against him, placing his face into my neck and sniffing.
“I’m so sorry, Ost Minn,” he says softly as I reach up to wrap my arms around his neck. “Hati will never try to turn you again. You’ll never be hurt, I swear it. He swears it.”
I nod and lean into him, letting his warmth comfort me. I killed people tonight. They were attacking us, and I was protecting my village, but still,
