Riley's POV

"What do you mean he is fading?" I asked Cane. My voice sounded scared even to me. I looked at the beast with the iron bar still in its back. Right before my eyes, Gunnar started to change. His big beast body got smaller. Fur went away and skin came back. In a few seconds he was back in his human form on the ground. He coughed hard and blood came out of his mouth. The iron bar was still buried deep inside his back. That was when it hit me. He was dying.

No no no. This is not happening. Cane and Caden had just told me...