CHAPTER NINETEEN

I stumble along the path. I feel like I'm in a dream. A nightmare.

I remember the nightmare I have in the cave. The omen was right. I should have known.

Suddenly, I hear a noise. A twig snapping.

I'm being followed.

I stop. Look around. On edge.

"Who's there?" I call.

My heart is in my throat. I wish I had my alpha's protection. But I am all alone in the world now.

I see a flash of white.

My heart soars.

It is him! My alpha followed me.

But my heart drops again as I realize he cannot be mine. I cannot have him.

He strides out of the thicket.

"Stop!" he shouts. "Please. We must talk."

"What is there left to say?" I say.

"You are giving up too soon," he tells me. "The spell can be broken."

"How?"

"We will find a witch."

I shake my head, cutting him off. "What witch? Where? Who? The one who worked for John? She won't help us!"

"There will be more," he says. "We will travel the world until we find one."

"Even if we did find a witch, how can you be so sure she would be ab