C293 Multiple Steps Ahead

[Denali’s POV]

Pain shoots through me, threatening to make me collapse. With it is the coppery taste of blood in my mouth and an intense ringing in my ears, but even then, I still hold on.

I can’t collapse yet. I think, keeping my gaze fixed on the boy holding Serenity. I can’t give in, not yet.

“Drop her,” I repeat, letting more of my power explode from me. “NOW!”

For a moment