LOGINThe forest had been too quiet, like all the animals had gone into hiding.
Which was easy to ignore since there were five wolves powering through the forest. But soon, we realised we weren't the only predators in the wild. One moment we were moving at a steady pace, my body pressed against Caden’s warm black fur as I rode on his back, and the next — chaos. Their growls forced us to stop, Fiona's wolf running inThe next Pack we attacked, we didn't go directly, I had drawn a crazy plan that separated the warriors from the Pack members.At the back, I had some people waiting who would catch those running away, while the rest fought from the front.Warriors seeing that despite our small size, we'd been trained too well, turned to run away as well.When the battle ended, we headed into the Pack, and those running were pushed back in."You might have heard about me," I said to them, my voice stronger than ever, "and I get that you might have no intention of fighting in this battle. But I have the displeasure of letting you know you don't have a choice. The second you leave here, Derrick's men will grab you. Which is more enemies for me to deal with and I'm not in the mood for that. So even if you've never fought in your life, join our training sessions. You'll pick a thing or two. We move very early tomorrow morning."I was walking away when one of the men cleared his throat and stood up, "I have
When I opened my eyes again, everywhere was dark and quiet."Am I dead?" "Hopefully not," Fiona's voice made me turn, "I seem to have fallen in love with you."I smiled and she ran and grabbed me in a tight hug."This is crazy," I breathed, "you're crying? Aida must hear of this.""I'll cut your tongue out!"I laughed and then began coughing."Sorry," she pulled back and began rubbing my chest, "I'm so sorry.""It's fine," I breathed, "I'm fine. Everything is fine.""I wish," Genevieve walked over from the other side of what looked like a hut. "We might have to start all over again.""Oh come on," Fiona groaned, "don't start worrying her with that right now, she just woke up!""The earlier we get to work, the better. You think Derrick is taking a day off?""A day off?" Fiona snarled, "She just escaped death! Are you so fucking inhumane?""No, but I'm making sure we survive this!""We can't –""Guys!" I called, "Stop it. Fiona, come," I pulled her to my side, her skin almost hot from
We camped in Bullhorn for a another day, they had so much food and we wanted to eat as much as possible and pack up everything else.Also, we needed a better idea of what to do than this.Wasting warriors on killing Packs that would surely change their loyalty when we finish attacking Derrick didn't make any sense."But there's no other choice," Alpha Bush murmured. "We might get lucky in the next one and if we don't, at least, we've taken his strength by a Pack. Isn't that the ultimate mission?""No buddy," Killian shook his head, "killing Derrick is the mission. All of these Packs are just cowards bowing to his influence. They're still one of us, they're still werewolves who deserve a chance to make better choices.""So what do we do?" Genevieve breathed, frustration carved in her brows, "there are three more strongholds in this region that we can attack but I can assure you it'll end the same way. They might not be truly loyal to him or whatever, but he's given them power that they
That gradually fizzled out of my body as we continued with this maddening plan of mine.The days blurred into a grim rhythm of violence and exhaustion.It was like these Alphas couldn't think straight once they saw me.We hit three more Packs after Alpha Zade's Pack and each time, I got more irritated. Each one was supposed to be quick — in and out, offer the choice, move on. Maybe it was unrealistic expecting them to just follow me with my small army but what were they waiting for? They're neutral but in this war, that was literally choosing death.To make things worse, Derrick’s influence had spread like poison. Some Packs fought back harder than expected, and others surrendered only after we lost good people.Warriors that would have helped us.In the second skirmish, we lost fourteen warriors. In the third, nine more. Every death weighed on me like stones in my chest. These were people who had trusted me, followed me because I promised them a future. And now their bodies were le
The best thing about attacking a Pack this large was that they had enough supplies for us to pack onto carriages and travel with.When we were ready, I had to address them again."You are all now a part of the Alliance against Alpha Derrick," I began, my voice steadier than I expected, "and I know it looks like we're silly right now but we have a good plan. One that if it goes well, we'll bring him down and reclaim our lives rather than live in fear of him.""What's the plan, Alpha?" An elder who insisted on fighting even though I gave him permission to remain behind asked."We're heading to certain Packs, we can't tell you which one in particular because I don't trust you all yet, I'm sure you understand why. We'll do what we did to your Pack. By the time we're done, we should have enough to head to the Midlands and deal with him. Are we all on the same page now?"They all looked at themselves and nodded gradually."Good. Let's file out," I instructed, "Killian, please share them pro
My people tore through the Pack like savages. And I shifted into my wolf form, completely letting my pain out.The Pack wasn't easy to deal with. Their Alpha was easily killed because I'd deceived him with my act, but the rest of the Pack went hard on us.Sofie spun around, avoiding a claw that was targeted at her throat and I winced as the claws slashed through fur and skin but in retaliation, we sank our fangs deep in the enemy's flank, and bit down until he stopped moving.Instantly, another one was on our back, fangs aiming for our throat, but my instincts, slower than ever, were still sharp enough to move, jerking them off and Sofie jumped far from the large black wolf.She growled at him, at how close he'd come to killing us.The sudden realisation that we weren't unkillable was intimidating and I had no time to think or pump courage into her.Before I could engage with the one coming back for me, another rammed into us from the left, and our heads hit a stone boulder."Fuck, So
“I didn't get to know your name last time?” I waved as I sat on the bench she was sitting on, her arms folded across her chest.She looked up in surprise as she adjusted for me.“Good day Ma'am,” she bowed her head, “I'm so sorry for my rudeness, I didn't know who you were.”“Who I am?”Then to my
My eyes opened to books on my bedside table and I got up.Smiling.The second I realised I was smiling about him, I scowled immediately.I didn't touch the books even though the cover of the first one was pulling at me to check it out.My anger got the better of me, and I went and got ready for tra
CADEN'S POV I jerk awake and immediately take stock of my surroundings and then my nose inhales deeply, making me look down at my hands, precisely the small bundle framed to my side.Her hair as usual was splayed all over my arm like a halo on her head and she was sleeping soundly.In my shirt.Gu
The hot breath I took in sharply must be wondering what it did wrong.My father was clearly older, weaker and haven't had to fight anyone in the past ten years.Beyond hitting me angrily, he hasn't extended those hands in violence to anyone.And now, he's facing the strongest Alpha as far as my lim







