“This is not an affliction of the body but of the soul. I—I…” Ames tensed his jaw and looked up through his dark lashes. “Say it. Whatever it is, don’t hold back.” The elder wolf gave me a wary glance as I crossed my arms and nodded. We needed to know everything she had to tell. “I do not pretend to know what it means as I stay in the light. Though the hold on Blythe is that of a darkness worse than I’ve ever encountered or heard in wolven teachings. This is not from the pit. It is the pit. It is—” She swallowed and jerked her hand away from my mate, looking pale and frightened. Kneeling by my
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