Chapter 38

All In Coal The look of desperation etched in Brinley's eyes, had me on edge. She'd been calm, sitting next to me, talking. And then she wasn't calm anymore... She jumped to her feet, hissing, "No!" Her Wolf near the surface, her outlined blurred, she paced like a wild animal caught in a cage. I tried to speaking soothingly. "I'll be okay...I promise you." She spun to face me, "No! That's not what I'm talking about!" I blinked, confused by her words. I assumed she was worried about my sparring with three Onyx Moon warriors. What else was there? I replayed our conversation in my mind, trying to find the cause of her distress. What had I missed? She didn't wait for me to figure it out. She ranted on, "It doesn't matter if you can beat three, or even more, wolves in a fight because no matter what, the odds are not in your favor! Not when the fight is against your father. I can't let you do this. I won't! You're not going to die because of me!" The irony. It was the same thing I