Shadow Kissed (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 4) - Page 100

She came running up the street and pulled Savy into her arms for a lingering hug. Finally, she released her. “You’re okay?”

Savannah smiled. “Let’s not leap to conclusions, but I’m complete. What can we do to help?”

Laurel’s eyes darkened. “As far as we can tell, the Dark Wolf God has opened a rift in Dockside. His magic—that shimmering mist—is pouring through. We must close it before he collects enough power to cross through himself.”

“How do we do that?”

“Follow me,” she said.

She led us to a makeshift workbench, where her husband, Pete, was hunched over. The top was inscribed with a circle of spells, and in the center sat a silver object that looked like an astrolabe. He glanced up and smiled, but his eyes were weary. “It’s done, I think.”

Laurel peered down at it. Worry and doubt swirled around her, but she steeled her nerves and squeezed her husband’s hand before looking to me and Savy. “We’ll find the rift, and I’ll use this talisman to sew it shut. This is the needle, and my magic will be the thread.”

For a moment, Savannah admired the talisman on the workbench, then looked up at her aunt with an expression of deep sorrow. “This is amazing, but I don’t think sealing the rift will be enough.”

“What do you mean?”

“We need to go back through to bind the Dark God in his realm before you seal the rift. Otherwise, sooner or later, he’ll make a new one,” Savy said. Though she spoke with confidence, I saw the despair and fear in her eyes.

We’d gotten lucky last time, escaping with our lives. Returning to the Dark God’s realm to finish what we’d failed was likely a one-way ticket.

“Bind him? How could you possibly do that?” Laurel asked.

“Long ago, the Moon bound him there, but her spells were failing,” Savy said. “We’ve started the process of repairing them, but we have one left. If we succeed, the spells will recharge, and the Dark God will be stuck in his realm for good.”

Understanding shadowed Laurel’s face. “You’re going into his realm, to face him?”

“If we don’t, all this will happen again.” She lightly touched the astrolabe in Laurel’s hand. “Once we lock him away, will that thing be powerful enough to close the rift?”

Laurel looked off to the shining barrier, a tear shimmering in the corner of her eye. “It sure as hell better be.”

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