Page 95 of Wicked Fate

You're not going out,I replied, placing my other hand beside the first on his chest.Not if I have anything to say about it.

Briar appeared at the SUV door, her light copper hair gleaming under the moonlight. Her eyes widened at the sight of Kendric's wounds. She linked to just me,Oh Fates. He looks worse than I remembered.

I’m going to try something. Don’t worry.

"What do you mean?" Briar climbed into the vehicle beside me, her forehead lined with confusion.

I didn't answer. There wasn't time for explanations. I closed my eyes, concentrating on the strange heat that had saved me. It wasn't as intense now, more like embers than flames, but still much warmer than it had been before I’d nearly died.

I reached inside myself, tugging at the fire that had saved me earlier. For a terrifying moment, it didn’t respond.

Then it flared like it had when I was healing and spread like wildfire through my veins. My hands grew hot—almost unbearably so—as energy surged through them.

The washcloth sizzled beneath my touch, causing me to startle. I yanked it away, revealing the raw, torn flesh beneath. Without hesitation, I pressed my bare palms to the wound.

Kendric's back arched, and he gasped, his eyes flying wide open. “What the hell?” he moaned.

"What’s happening?" Briar cried, reaching for my arm. “Are you hurting him?”

"Don't." Ryker's voice cut through the night as he appeared behind her. "Don't move her."

The heat from my palms intensified, pulsing with a rhythm that matched Kendric's heartbeat. Sweat beaded across his forehead and trickled down his temples as his body shuddered beneath my touch. His eyes rolled back, revealing the whites.

"Ember," Briar whispered, her voice trembling. "What's happening to him?"

I couldn't answer. Every ounce of my concentration was focused on the energy flowing from my core, through my arms, and into Kendric's mangled flesh. Beneath my fingers, I felt his skin knitting back together. The sensation was both exhilarating and terrifying.

Ryker moved behind Briar, placing his hands on her shoulders and gently pulling her back. "Give them space," he murmured, his eyes locked on Kendric's face.

Kendric flushed as his body jerked and trembled beneath my hands.

Enough,Ryker commanded.That's enough.

I couldn't stop. The energy continued to flow, my hands locked to Kendric's chest as though fused there. His wounds were closed.

Ryker's hand clasped my shoulder and tugged me back.Ember, stop. You're draining yourself.

He was right. I could feel the magic leaving my body and depleting me. With a gasp, I finally broke the connection and fell back against the other seat. My vision swam, darkness creeping in at the edges. Kendric lay still, his chest rising and falling in deep, even breaths.

Where moments ago there had been gaping wounds, now only fresh pink skin stretched across Kendric’s torso, crisscrossed with silvery scars.

Xander leaned in the open door, his face pale.How is this possible? He was bleeding out less than two minutes ago.

Briar's had also gone ghostly white, and her gaze darted from Kendric's healed chest to my exhausted form.Wolves can't heal others like that.

I leaned against the seat behind me, fatigue washing over me in waves. I linked with just Ryker,Can you tell them?

Of course.He sat next to me, his own face tense, but he didn’t hesitate. He added everyone to the link just as Gage appeared on the other side of Xander.

How’s our guy…Gage trailed off, taking in what I’d just done.

Ryker connected, and the thrum of his alpha will laced his words.What you just witnessed..."Ryker paused, taking a deep breath."What I'm about to tell you cannot leave this pack. Not a word to the witches, not to Reid's wolves, not to anyone."

You don’t have to alpha will us for that.Gage rolled his eyes.

We have to be safe.Ryker then informed the others about Briar’s and my heritage.

Briar gasped, one hand flying to her mouth.Fae? We're part fae? I didn’t even know they truly existed.She wrung her hands.Mom and Dad would have told us.

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