Chapter 53: Make a Decision
Zane~
A heavy fog clung to my mind, thick and disorienting. It felt like I was drifting in water, my body floating somewhere between consciousness and nothingness. For a moment, I thought I was dreaming, but then the pain registered. A dull ache pulsed in my skull, and my body felt overheated, like I’d been thrown into a furnace and left to simmer.
I tried to move, but my limbs were sluggish, weighed down by an unseen force.
Then, voices.
Muffled at first, then clearer, like a radio station tuning into frequency.
"Did you have to practically burn him to unconsciousness?"
That was Jacob. I knew his voice anywhere—smooth, laced with amusement, but edged with irritation.
A lazy chuckle followed. "Not my fault," another voice replied, smooth and laced with amusement. "I’m a fire spirit. I can’t help it if mortals can’t handle my heat."
Fire spirit? Mortals? What the hell?
The voice continued, a smirk practically dripping from his words. "Besides, how else were we going to get the hotheaded wolf to talk to us first before demanding to see her?"
Her? Who were they talking about? Was it Natalie?