Hades
I was still as the words he spoke to her melted into jargon that faded into the background. My eyes were on Eve's wolf, her ear drooped exhaustion, I watched as shivers crawled over her large form. She looked so worn.
The monochrome tiles displaying crimson evidence of the injury she had endured, her hind leg mangled, bone jutting through the flesh.
Kael said nothing as he stood beside me, arms crossed over his chest. But I could feel the tension radiating off him.
I couldn't breathe.
The screen showed Montegue stepping forward. His lips moved—the audio picked it up a beat later. Still I could hear what he said, all I could see was despair and resignation as she close her eyes, ears twitching as she swayed, preparing to die.
My entire body knotted as I myself braced even though I knew exactly what happened next.
