Patricia Briggs: "Dan saat itulah Anna menyadari bahwa apa yang dimint...

"Dan saat itulah Anna menyadari bahwa apa yang diminta serigala kepada Bran adalah kematian. Secara impulsif, Anna menjauh dari Charles. Dia meletakkan lutut di bangku tempat dia duduk dan meraih punggung untuk menutup tangannya di pergelangan tangan Asil, yang tergeletak di belakang bangku. Dia mendesis kaget tetapi tidak menarik diri. Saat dia memeganginya aroma hutan belantara, penyakit, memudar. Dia menatapnya, putih matanya tampak cerah sementara irisnya menyempit ke pita kecil di sekitar pupil hitamnya. "Omega," bisiknya, napasnya datang dengan kasar."

--- Patricia Briggs

Versi Bahasa Inggris

And that's when Anna realized that what the wolf had been asking Bran for was death. Impulsively, Anna stepped away from Charles. She put a knee on the bench she'd been sitting on and reached over the back to close her hand on Asil's wrist, which was lying across the back of the pew. He hissed in shock but didn't pull away. As she held him the scent of wilderness, of sickness, faded. He stared at her, the whites of his eyes showing brightly while his irises narrowed to small bands around his black pupil. "Omega," he whispered, his breath coming harshly.