Holly Wyatt, oblivious to Silas Thornton's tension, was completely absorbed in the changes to her body, her emotions running high.
Clinging to the rocks on the cliff face, she looked up at Silas Thornton above, her face alight with joy as she shouted, "I'm okay!"
Silas Thornton's brow remained tightly furrowed, but he slowly withdrew the claws he had dug into the rock.
His lips were pressed into a thin line, his face devoid of emotion, but for some reason, Holly Wyatt saw a flicker of fatherly pride in his eyes.
Holly Wyatt paused for a moment. She shook the bangs from her forehead and looked down at the nearly ninety-degree cliff face below. Steeling herself, she continued her descent.
This time, her movements were noticeably more practiced. Mimicking the wolf-cub training she had witnessed earlier, she leaped lightly, pressed her body flat against the rock face, and gripped the small, jutting stones with all her might.
Three leaps.
