THUD!
The sound of Cora's knees hitting the ground sounded louder than that blowing a horn. Along with the descent of her knees, her heart sank, eyes in a daze, looking at two figures not far away.
"Ret..." she whispered, watching a gigantic three-legged wolf tear her husband's shoulder while the latter was not moving anymore. "My love..."
Her round eyes shifted to the wolf, wrinkling the space between her brows as she recognized whose wolf was it. She had been seeing that wolf since she was a child, so there was no way she would mistake who was ravaging her husband's body.
Deimos Tempest. The emperor of the Ronmin Empire. Her father. Garrett's father-in-law.
"Cora," Reks called, holding her bicep up. "Let's go."
