The Spell by Heather Killough-Walden

Author:Heather Killough-Walden
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
Published: 2011-03-10T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten: “Misdirection”

Danny tried to tell herself that though it felt like a year, it had probably only been a few minutes since she’d transported into the forest. The fire would continue to burn bright, keeping the cold at bay, so it wasn’t that she was necessarily uncomfortable. It was that the howls were coming closer.

How fast could a wolf travel?

A normal wolf could move very quickly if it wanted to. A werewolf would move much, much faster. She knew from experience that some wolves traveled faster than others. Malcolm Cole actually blurred to the human eye when he moved. Charlie wasn’t far behind him.

The howl came again, this time what must have been only a mile away, when Danny’s head snapped up at an entirely different and much closer sound. A twig snapped and she whirled around to face the source of the noise.

“Danny?”

Jason Alberich stood at the edge of the clearing, his hand trying to block some of the light of the fire from his eyes. He was blinking a little, trying to get a closer look at her. He seemed unsure.

“Jason?” Danny jumped to her feet. “What –” She was too shocked and she swallowed the rest of the question only to begin again. “How are you here?” she asked, bewildered.

Jason dropped his arm and stared at her with wide eyes. “I performed a scry to find you when Imani came to me, telling me that you were missing,” he told her. “What the hell happened? What in the world are you doing in the middle of the forest in your pajamas?” he asked, his gaze skirting down the thin clothing she wore.

“Oh, Jason,” Danny breathed, waving his question away. She was too whole-heartedly relieved to want to discuss the issue right then and there. What she really wanted was to go home, take a long hot shower, and curl up in an oversized fleece. “I can’t believe you’re here,” she whispered.

Alberich stared at her for a moment more, his stark green gaze clearly confused. And then he seemed to come to his senses. He straightened, swallowed hard, and took control. “Let’s get you home,” he said decidedly. “I’m assuming that since you haven’t done so already, you can’t transport. So, come here,” he told her.

The wolf howled again, closer. Danny jumped a little and Jason’s green gaze skirted to the forest and the unknown beyond. He shrugged off the black sports coat he was wearing and looked back down at Danny. She needed no further urging.

She rushed toward him and he held up his jacket in order to drape it over her shoulders. The warmth instantly penetrated her damp clothing, chilled skin and stiff muscles. A part of her wondered whether it might send the wrong message, but the weary part of her didn’t care, and she wrapped her arms around the coat, hugging it close to her body.

“Take my hand,” Jason told her, offering her his. She took it. Again, she was struck with how chilly his touch was despite the warmth of his jacket and the relative cold of her own right hand.

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