Chapter 205

• We raced down the cliff to tell the others what I figured out, and suddenly, it all made sense to everyone. She didn't want to go back. She was desperate not to go back. She wanted to stay on Earth, and doing this ritual would make sure that she would stay here forever and there would be nothing that anyone could do about it.
• It was also a place big enough to hide a full pack of werewolves, but that also meant that they were probably being tortured. Which meant we needed to figure out how the hell to get them out of there.
• I turned to Enzo, not wasting any time. I asked him to reach out to the witches who had helped us at the castle. We were going to need their help again. I knew it wouldn’t be easy. They didn’t like getting involved in this kind of supernatural war, especially when it involved divine beings. But that didn’t matter to me. We didn’t have the luxury of being polite or waiting for volunteers. Lives were at stake. Our people needed us. And if the witches were our best shot, then they had to step up—whether they liked it or not.