Chapter 281
As we raced through the grounds in our wolf forms, I saw the buildings beyond us and noted with horror that they were all on fire now. The smoldering flames rose high, as did thick plumes of smoke.

I had hoped to get some medicine from my room to treat Asher’s wound, but there was no chance of that happening now. Part of me felt a small amount of loss in knowing that many of my belongings were still within the chamber, but the other part knew that material items didn’t matter. I had my family with me, and for now, we were all safe and sound. The medicine would have been nice, but I would have to find other methods of dealing with our injuries.

As I tried to suppress the pain in my back and the panic of escaping this place for good, my eyes scanned the grounds. Serv ants were running around desperately, their expressions horrified as they fled away from the burning buildings. They were so terrified that they hadn’t even noticed us.

Finnick clenched himself against Asher tightly, his sterling eyes wide with fear as

screams rang out around us. I wished I could use my newfound magical abilities to put out the fire, but since I knew little about how to use sorcery, I didn’t know how.

he studied the blaze. Our son trembled and wa

Thankfully, none of the soldiers had followed us, so once I was certain we would be okay, I carefully eased Raven’s still unconscious body onto the ground and then changed back into my human form,