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Geoffrey's eyes widened Fear and rage flashed across his face He lunged to his feet

Willia the sword in a swift arc

The blade sla back His booted heel slipped on the cliff's edge His face went slack with shock And he fell back into the air, into nothing

Savannah expected him to transform, to shift, to fly back up and attack them

Instead, she just heard the sound of his scream

«He's too weak,” Willia ended, choked off abruptly

Savannah ran to the edge of the cliff Her eyes searched the botto waters

And she saw hi atop the old remains of a wooden boat His head isted, his htlessly up at her

A long sliver of wood from the ship's bow had pierced his chest

«I-is he dead?»

Williaers clenched around the blade, he leapt off the cliff Within seconds, he was beside Geoffrey, staring down at his still figure

He lifted the sword “Good-bye, brother»

He slashed the blade across Geoffrey's throat, severing his head in one quick blow

Williaht The sword dropped froers, to land in the blood beneath his feet

Now, it was finished

He returned to Savannah He needed her, needed her touch to wipe the darkness froh hie He could see the tear tracks on her cheeks He pulled her against hiainst his He inhaled her delicate scent and wrapped his aran to shake

«William?»

He kissed her with all the fire and desperation that was in him It had been too close He could still see Geoffrey, see hi his teeth into her delicate throat

He shuddered

He felt her fingers, lightly stroking his back Soothing hiht, Willia into hiet out of here,” he whispered He wanted to leave this place and never come back

She nodded, and they turned away fro So “Where did the wolf go?»

Savannah blinked “I-I don't knoasn't watching—” She hurried over to the rocks and bent down, touching the ground lightly When her hand lifted, there was blood on her fingers “He was here a o…»

And now he'd vanished

But Willia us

Savannah returned to his side, her body brushing lightly against his Why?

He didn't know, but all his senses were screa in the shadows And he was going to attack

William didn't know if Savannah could survive another attack She eak He'd taken her blood, and then Geoffrey had savaged her She needed to feed in order to regain her strength They both needed to feed But he knew she wouldn't want to do it, that she would fight the hunger He would have to force her He couldn't risk her waning strength Not when they had another killer on their trail

He wanted to go after the wolf, to hunt the beast down and destroy it But he had to take care of Savannah She needed hihtly

He heard a lol, and he knew that it wasn't just a wolf that was stalking hier