"Long ago."

The weight of her words, the pain in her eyes, struck Wiley like a physical blow.

He wasn't sure exactly what she was, but the burden of pain rolling off of her was like a physical blow. He felt tremendous pity for whatever had brought the creature to this point, but she still had to be dealt with. And she was way too close to Dean.

Her eyes started to drift back to Dean. Wiley stepped forward, drawing her attention back to him.