Hunter didn’t stop running until the cabin lights came into view through the trees, even with my shadows trying to drag me backwards the whole way. Every few steps, they clawed at the ground behind us, straining towards whatever called me, but Hunter only tightened his grip and kept going.

Even then, he only slowed because Mal got ahead of us and threw his hand out towards the front steps.

Power rolled off him in violent waves, sealing something deep into the ground around the house. It hit so hard I heard a crack in the air.

“Inside,” Mal barked.

Hunter hit the porch in two strides and shoved the door open with his shoulder. The second his bare foot hit the wood, my shadows snapped back into me as if something had cut them off. I gasped, clutching my chest.

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