Bunny bit her lip hard, her small body trembling. She didn't say a word, but large, silent tears rolled down her cheeks. She understood all too well. 'She might never see her father again.'
"Go!" Caden Albright gave Thorne a hard shove back, then turned and walked toward the Beast Tide.
He took only a few steps before a series of sharp cracks echoed from his bones. His frame suddenly stretched, transforming him into a giant white fox.
Caden Albright didn't look back. With a graceful leap, his silver-white form traced one last arc of light before vanishing from their sight. In the distance, the rising and falling roars of beasts seemed to underscore the image of his resolute, unhesitating back.
His interception would buy them more time.
Thorne hesitated no longer. Holding Bunny and Genesis tight, he raced out of Blackwater Swamp.
Bunny clung to Thorne's shoulder, trembling and sobbing, but she didn't dare to cry out loud.
