#Chapter 219 – Took Long Enough

Damon I stood amid the wreckage, the cold stinging my skin through torn clothes, the snow beneath me slick with blood. Again. The Rogues had scattered or died, their bodies strewn between the pines. Smoke still rose from the cottage chimney where Kael and Thalia were helping the wounded. Ronan was hauling bodies toward the edge of the woods. The air stank of iron and magic. And Lila… I turned before the thought finished forming. She was on her knees in the clearing, surrounded by the dying. Silver light poured from her hands, brighter than fire. It flickered and surged as she pressed her palms to a young wolf’s chest, whispering something I couldn’t hear. When the boy’s breathing steadied, she moved to the next one, and the next, her glow dimming each time. Zane shifted uneasily beneath my skin. She’s burning herself out. I know. I started toward her, half running, half stumbling through the drifts. “Lila.” She didn’t answer. Her shoulders shook, her breaths sharp and