Chapter 212

• Her panicked rambling comes at me in repeated mumbles as she quickly, hands-on, tries to heal me as she turns human again. Only too aware he’s getting up and already coming for us. Her anxiety rises with mine, and the sense of urgency becomes almost hysterical in its weight around us.
• “No, it’s not….. I don’t know what else to do but keep his focus.” I compel her, hands up in bewilderment of ‘what else can we do?’ “We have to give the witch time.”
• She heals me only seconds before I dodge out of the way, instinct kicking in. His claws miss both her and me as she turns and leaps back. I know this isn’t working. Colton is hard to defeat on any day of the week, and even with my gifts, I’ve never overpowered him when he wanted to fight back. He’s never actually properly intended to win anytime he trained me and always held back and tried not to hurt me. It’s becoming obvious that the advantage in that was what made me think I could always kick his ass.