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The shadows pooled in front of the a word, he swooped Bethany up and headed for the thick tree line Part of hielot And he needed to be where he could defend and keep an eye on her

Rushing through the woods, he swore he could hear her voice in his head, saying his name, but that couldn’t be possible It had happened when he healed her, but in his human form, it shouldn’t be But he had to table that

Once they were deep enough in the woods, he set her down Her eyes ide and panicked as she stepped back

“Everything’s going to be—”

The Aruh branches like a dark, tu Bethany by her shoulders, he pushed her to the ground and then switched into his true forasp propelled Dawson forward He would die before he let anything happen to her

He leaped into the air, crashing into the Arum The thunderous ih the leafy branches Several yards away, they skidded across the ground, grass and dirt streah trench behind

The Aruh Dawson Don’t worry, he said I won’t kill you yet I’ll leave you alive ssso you can watch the life bleed out of your huy crackle along his arer until he was taut with the pressure, he let go and a streaht blasted into the Arum’s center

With a roar, the Aruh he were nothing but a child If you give up, it will be lesss painful

Dawson’s shoulder slaround He rolled onto his back and popped up in his hurasp, he avoided the thick tendrils stabbing at hi through that again

The Aru loose a series of blasts that Dawson barely avoided as he raced toward the bastard The round, destroyed the ancient oaks it came into contact with

He hadn’t heard Bethanyhad happened to herto He took his eyes off the Aru out another chilling laugh, the Arum threw his hand out

In the last possible moment, Dawson switched to his true form The dark matter hit him in the chest, and he absorbed it the best he could The blast still knocked him off his feet but would’ve incinerated a huh his body and the buzzing in his ears, he heard Bethany’s horrified scream