Chapter 289

Theron's POV

The weight pressed down until my bones screamed.

Mud, stone, broken branches-the mountain wanted to bury us, to grind us into nothing. My arms trembled, bent under the crushing force. But even as blood trickled hot down my back, I refused to let go.

Wren was beneath me. Small. Fragile. Alive only because I was holding the storm back with my own body.

My wolf roared inside my chest, cl