#Chapter 238: Long Way Down

Cara’s POV As I fell through the seemingly endless sky, I heard a familiar wolf howl. Alaric. But he was too far off to help me this time, and midair as I was, quickly careening toward the bottom of the ravine, he wouldn’t have been able to do anything anyway. The ground was quickly approaching. Was this going to be it? After every other hardship I faced, I was going to go out in a long fall, after being tripped during an obstacle race? It didn’t seem fair. Not after the car accidents, the assassination attempts, the illness, the fight in the woods… The faces of my kids flashed before my eyes. I wished I held them a little tighter before I had left this morning. Did they know how much I loved them? Did Alaric? How I wished I could kiss him again, just once more. But then… once would never be enough. A lifetime of kisses wouldn’t be enough either. My heart pounded. Tears welled in my eyes. I didn’t want to die. Not like this! Not now! I squeezed my eyes shut, brac