Bab 498: Never Leave

ELRETH

Elreth knew she was being crazy, but when she'd woken without Aaryn next to her, it had hit her. What if that was her future? What if they were walking into war—and not just any war. Not just the ugly brutality of tribe against tribe, but this impossible collision of worlds and technology and…

How could she face that without him?

She been so frightened, convinced just like when she was a cub, that the darkness hid death. She'd raced naked out into the Great Room, only barely catching sight of the note he'd left on the table from the corner of her eye.

And as she'd turned, midstride, slipping and scrambling to change direction and get to those words on a page, her mind had spun with images of the notes his parents had written.