Chapter 2

When Kurt arrived at the border with his daughter, his mother, Maryanne, was already there waiting for him, ready to take him out of that trap of a city.

«I will be waiting for you out of here.» he told Haylee before crossing the barrier.

The girl nodded and let him go.

Kurt had no trouble getting through that shield, since his mother branded him with a drop of her blood.

Maryanne hugged him as soon as he was in front of her. It had been hell for her too to know that he was chained somewhere and tortured. They would never tell her where he was. All the Keepers knew about the valiant Keeper who had helped create that magicless place. She wasn't proud of that story, but she knew it was just rumors. And Kurt knew it too, thanks to the story Maryanne told him that night, after little Kurt had seen his father turn into a wolf for the first time.

"Spirits were once the most revered beings everywhere.