Kaden groaned, pushing himself back to his feet with blood running down his punctured stomach. They were already surrounded by water wolves, with Eleanor now having a smirk on her face.

"I knew someone would come for him," Eleanor began, her eyes sharp with spite. Eleanor looked at Aiden clinging to Naina, "The boy with the gift, precious, isn't he?"

Aiden whimpered upon seeing Eleanor, and Naina felt him shiver in her arms from fear.

Something in Naina snapped. Was Eleanor the one who had ...