For a moment, it wasn't him fighting. It was us.
The power flowing through the bond was unlike anything I'd ever felt. Not painful. Not overwhelming. Just... right. Like two halves of a whole finally connecting the way they were meant to.
My wolf's essence poured into Darius. Silver light traveling through the bond, wrapping around him, sinking into his skin. Healing. Strengthening. Completing.
Through our connection, I felt everything he felt. The exhaustion fading. The pain dulling. His wolf surging back to full strength, fed by my power, by our bond.
We weren't separate anymore. We were one.
Darius stood fully now, and the change in him was visible. His wounds were still there, blood still staining his skin, but he moved differently. Stronger. Faster. Like he'd tapped into a reserve of energy he didn't know he had.
Because it wasn't just his energy. It was ours.
