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.Still, Dimitri was genuinely intrigued.Gifts expanded or showed up as human children got older.Was that why Skyler was becoming so powerful? Was it her age? Or her acceptance of who she wasand the acknowledgment of what gifts she actually wielded?She always had a way with horses, Paul said.But since we ve been in South America, she s reallythrived.This last year we all started noticing her abilities.Dimitri suddenly became aware of another heartbeat.He caught Skyler just as she paused.Paul raninto him, nearly knocking them all off the path.He signaled Paul to crouch low and go still.He slipped his arm around Skyler s shoulders.There is only one heart beating that I can hear ahead of us, he said.Probably a sentry left behindto warn the pack if he came across your trail.They know someone had to aid me.Skyler let out her breath, her hand on the path, pushed into the soil to gather more information.Just one in our way.He s nearly directly in our path.Even if we re super stealthy I don t see how wecan get past him without detection.Dimitri could, but even if Skyler cloaked her breathing and muffled her footsteps, the Lycan wason high alert and he would feel them.Skyler tried to think of a spell, anything at all to misdirect thewolf.Dimitri s fingers went to the nape of her neck, massaging, easing the tension out of her.Give me aminute.I ll be back.Skyler caught his hand, shaking her head.No, the pack will know the moment he s down.Theycommunicate through some kind of psychic network.Not telepathy, but when they hunt like this, theyhave some kind of ability to know where each member of the pack is.The formation is crucial to them.Give me a minute to figure this out.We don t have a minute.Josef can t run against them for long.Once the pack catches up to him,he s going to have to get out of there fast.Even if he takes to the sky, they leap impressive distances.Skyler bit her lip hard.Can you give him a sense of how high? Josef takes chances.I know you toldhim not to, but he always is proving something to himself.He doesn t yet have a sense of self-worth, Dimitri said.I can send him the information and cautionhim again that we need him.Skyler turned her attention to the task at hand.Creating a diversion to move the guard was thesafest way.I call to the heart of a hunter,I call to the scent of blood,I call to the fox that is trickster,Use your cunning to lead them astray.They waited, crouched on the path.Skyler could hear the guard s heart now, through herconnection with Dimitri.She was astonished at how acute his senses were.With her hands in the soil,she felt the movement of the fox, trotting out just a little way from the wolf, out of sight, but brushinghis fur along a thorny bush.Instantly, the Lycan responded to the furtive noise the fox made.He moved with far more stealth,picking his way through the brush.Now, we ve got to go now, Skyler said.Suiting action to words, she was up and hurrying along thegreen carpet, sending up silent prayers that the guard wouldn t return to the same exact location, butpick a spot away from their path.Josef, hear me, Dimitri said.You cannot allow the pack to come too close to you.You ve given us alead.They jump tremendous heights.He did his best to give an example in imagery, showing the elitehunters in battle.We need you with us as soon as you can come back.Josef knew the Lycans were gaining on him.He was a fast runner, and in truth, he wasn t settinghis feet on the ground, but rather skimming just above it, because he didn t want the Lycans catchinghis scent.They hadn t been able to follow Dimitri s scent, but they had known where he was from thedevice they d planted on him. Still, for all his speed, they were breathing down his neck.It was time to abandon his subterfugeand get out of there.He d led them several kilometers from Skyler, Paul and Dimitri, and that hadbeen his goal.He threw the tiny tracking device into the thick layer of vegetation on the forest floorand launched himself skyward.As he did, a Lycan burst from the brush, half man, half wolf and leaptafter him.Claws hooked into his legs, terrible curved nails that ripped and tore his flesh.The Lycan refusedto let go, trying to claw his way up Josef s body to his belly.Josef couldn t shift with the claws inhim.The sheer weight of the Lycan pulled him back toward the ground where more of the pack waitedeagerly.They jumped and snarled.One pointed a weapon his way.Desperate, Josef changed tactics.He couldn t shift his body, but he could his hands.He lifted hisarm and brought his clenched fist, now made of solid iron, straight down on the Lycan s head.Thecrunch was sickening.Josef s stomach lurched, but the wolf dropped away from him, landing on topof two of the pack.Josef reversed direction, shifting as he did so, making his body too small for them to grab, the birdspreading its wings and taking off, making it to the safety of the canopy.Small droplets of bloodstreamed after him like a comet.He circled away from the pack and back toward Skyler and Dimitri.Get ahead of us, to the clearing, Dimitri directed.We re coming in fast.The pack knows, Josef warned.They re already spreading out and heading your way, trying to getin front of you and around behind you.I can see them from up above.They re fast, Dimitri, too fast.The pack knew the woods, and they were used to running flat out for kilometers without breathinghard.Now they were in a frenzy to reach Dimitri.I might have killed one of them, Josef confessed.I m sorry.They re really stirred up.Dimitri dropped all pretense. Run.As fast as you can.Don t look back, just go for the meadow.Don t follow the path anymore, Skyler, take the shortest possible route. What did it matter to hide their scent? The pack knew their direction and would use every meansto cut them off.They couldn t know about Skyler s safe haven smack in the middle of the clearing,but they knew they were making for a specific destination and the pack was determined they wouldn tmake it.Skyler picked up the pace, running hard.She couldn t imagine what this type of exertion would doto Dimitri.She already had a major stitch in her side and her lungs were burning.The trees began tothin, giving them less cover.Wolves leapt out of the forest just behind them the guards left behind, converging together tomake their attempt at stopping the escaping party.One raised a weapon [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.Still, Dimitri was genuinely intrigued.Gifts expanded or showed up as human children got older.Was that why Skyler was becoming so powerful? Was it her age? Or her acceptance of who she wasand the acknowledgment of what gifts she actually wielded?She always had a way with horses, Paul said.But since we ve been in South America, she s reallythrived.This last year we all started noticing her abilities.Dimitri suddenly became aware of another heartbeat.He caught Skyler just as she paused.Paul raninto him, nearly knocking them all off the path.He signaled Paul to crouch low and go still.He slipped his arm around Skyler s shoulders.There is only one heart beating that I can hear ahead of us, he said.Probably a sentry left behindto warn the pack if he came across your trail.They know someone had to aid me.Skyler let out her breath, her hand on the path, pushed into the soil to gather more information.Just one in our way.He s nearly directly in our path.Even if we re super stealthy I don t see how wecan get past him without detection.Dimitri could, but even if Skyler cloaked her breathing and muffled her footsteps, the Lycan wason high alert and he would feel them.Skyler tried to think of a spell, anything at all to misdirect thewolf.Dimitri s fingers went to the nape of her neck, massaging, easing the tension out of her.Give me aminute.I ll be back.Skyler caught his hand, shaking her head.No, the pack will know the moment he s down.Theycommunicate through some kind of psychic network.Not telepathy, but when they hunt like this, theyhave some kind of ability to know where each member of the pack is.The formation is crucial to them.Give me a minute to figure this out.We don t have a minute.Josef can t run against them for long.Once the pack catches up to him,he s going to have to get out of there fast.Even if he takes to the sky, they leap impressive distances.Skyler bit her lip hard.Can you give him a sense of how high? Josef takes chances.I know you toldhim not to, but he always is proving something to himself.He doesn t yet have a sense of self-worth, Dimitri said.I can send him the information and cautionhim again that we need him.Skyler turned her attention to the task at hand.Creating a diversion to move the guard was thesafest way.I call to the heart of a hunter,I call to the scent of blood,I call to the fox that is trickster,Use your cunning to lead them astray.They waited, crouched on the path.Skyler could hear the guard s heart now, through herconnection with Dimitri.She was astonished at how acute his senses were.With her hands in the soil,she felt the movement of the fox, trotting out just a little way from the wolf, out of sight, but brushinghis fur along a thorny bush.Instantly, the Lycan responded to the furtive noise the fox made.He moved with far more stealth,picking his way through the brush.Now, we ve got to go now, Skyler said.Suiting action to words, she was up and hurrying along thegreen carpet, sending up silent prayers that the guard wouldn t return to the same exact location, butpick a spot away from their path.Josef, hear me, Dimitri said.You cannot allow the pack to come too close to you.You ve given us alead.They jump tremendous heights.He did his best to give an example in imagery, showing the elitehunters in battle.We need you with us as soon as you can come back.Josef knew the Lycans were gaining on him.He was a fast runner, and in truth, he wasn t settinghis feet on the ground, but rather skimming just above it, because he didn t want the Lycans catchinghis scent.They hadn t been able to follow Dimitri s scent, but they had known where he was from thedevice they d planted on him. Still, for all his speed, they were breathing down his neck.It was time to abandon his subterfugeand get out of there.He d led them several kilometers from Skyler, Paul and Dimitri, and that hadbeen his goal.He threw the tiny tracking device into the thick layer of vegetation on the forest floorand launched himself skyward.As he did, a Lycan burst from the brush, half man, half wolf and leaptafter him.Claws hooked into his legs, terrible curved nails that ripped and tore his flesh.The Lycan refusedto let go, trying to claw his way up Josef s body to his belly.Josef couldn t shift with the claws inhim.The sheer weight of the Lycan pulled him back toward the ground where more of the pack waitedeagerly.They jumped and snarled.One pointed a weapon his way.Desperate, Josef changed tactics.He couldn t shift his body, but he could his hands.He lifted hisarm and brought his clenched fist, now made of solid iron, straight down on the Lycan s head.Thecrunch was sickening.Josef s stomach lurched, but the wolf dropped away from him, landing on topof two of the pack.Josef reversed direction, shifting as he did so, making his body too small for them to grab, the birdspreading its wings and taking off, making it to the safety of the canopy.Small droplets of bloodstreamed after him like a comet.He circled away from the pack and back toward Skyler and Dimitri.Get ahead of us, to the clearing, Dimitri directed.We re coming in fast.The pack knows, Josef warned.They re already spreading out and heading your way, trying to getin front of you and around behind you.I can see them from up above.They re fast, Dimitri, too fast.The pack knew the woods, and they were used to running flat out for kilometers without breathinghard.Now they were in a frenzy to reach Dimitri.I might have killed one of them, Josef confessed.I m sorry.They re really stirred up.Dimitri dropped all pretense. Run.As fast as you can.Don t look back, just go for the meadow.Don t follow the path anymore, Skyler, take the shortest possible route. What did it matter to hide their scent? The pack knew their direction and would use every meansto cut them off.They couldn t know about Skyler s safe haven smack in the middle of the clearing,but they knew they were making for a specific destination and the pack was determined they wouldn tmake it.Skyler picked up the pace, running hard.She couldn t imagine what this type of exertion would doto Dimitri.She already had a major stitch in her side and her lungs were burning.The trees began tothin, giving them less cover.Wolves leapt out of the forest just behind them the guards left behind, converging together tomake their attempt at stopping the escaping party.One raised a weapon [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]