After seeing the first dead body I knew that something had really happened.I had heard Rowena's words before, but a large part of me was hoping that they were somehow mistaken. Because I just couldn't imagine what I would do if somehow the invocates had located the camp and they got there before me.I had left Roman behind because I felt he would be safer there with Carter.I had seen Carter shift, and he was strong. But he was only one man. If a whole team of invocates had gone after him like we suspected then he would simply stand no chance. But he would definitely put up a good fight before the inevitable.But then I caught a scent coming from in front. It was the scent of blood. My fears had come true. A fight had really started in front, but it was still going on.I didn't have any time to even tell any of my teammates anything and I ran forward. They followed without questioning. We all heard the gunshot and my hand went to my waist. My own guns were holstered there. I hadn't u
Rowena and I made eye contact. It was almost like we could read each other's minds. I could tell that she was worried about Phoenix.But we didn't have anytime to even say anything to each other before Phoenix gasped.I turned back to him immediately."What is it?" Rowena asked.But I wasn't shocked that she couldn't tell. I had a strong sense of smell so I had already picked it up.It was the hunters!Phoenix immediately started running forward. The rest of us didn't ask any questions and we immediately followed him.Kerrigan who had been circling ahead came back down and glided beside Oisin. Oisin reached out and Kerrigan landed on his arm. I would have been surprised that he could handle that much weight but I had long since found out that he was Fae along with his sister.We had more important things to worry about.We didn't run far before we heard the commotion.The last group of hunters had really come here.We ran into our base camp. I spotted out things scattered to the side
I looked around and sensed that something was wrong here.I had seen Carter shift before and he was truly powerful when he did that. But then again, I hadn't seen him kill.But there was no need to even wonder about that because it was very obvious that Carter was the only suspect for the dead hunter in front of us.There was nothing else in this forest that would be able to get a hunter so easily.But then where was Carter?Was he still alive?Phoenix stood up from the dead body he had been examining, there was a serious expression on his face."Something is going on ahead." He said and stared into a specific spot of the forest.Everyone followed his gaze with their eyes, but the line of trees was too scattered and it completely blocked any possible lines of sight that would have allowed us to see into the distance.But Phoenix hadn't been using sight.When I stared there and saw nothing, my brows forrowed and frowned.Then I concentrated. When I did that, I could actually hear some
Phoenix set a hard pace.I understand why he did it and I didn't complain even once. Instead I kept up the pace while thinking carefully about what had happened.We had been very successful in attacking and killing the hunters so far. Although I didn't feel happy at the moment, I still felt that it was a good thing.I could never forget how the hunters had attacked my home when I was younger and even killed my mother. I always hated them from that day on. The entire pack hated them actually and humans were seen as vile creatures. But I had been too absorbed in my own isolated life as a wolf to actually try anything against them. My life wasn't very eventful but it was still enough to fill my mind. After my father, the former Alpha, died everything changed. I ended up leaving the pack and being exposed to humans. And characteristically, the first thing they tried to do was to kill me. I was ironically saved by one of the hunters I hated so much. But he had already left the group.Desp
"Do you have a plan for when you get there?" Rowena asked.I gritted my teeth.The answer was no."I don't have time to make a plan. The highest priority is for us to get there as fast as possible." I said.I could only think of Roman.I had left him behind at the camp because I believed it was safe there. There was no way I would carry him with me into the field where his life would be in danger. But I would also never leave him all on his own. But Carter happened to be there and he decided to stay behind most likely because he didn't want to be involved in the mission.The situation had aligned itself for me and I left Roman behind at the camp because that seemed like the smartest choice.But now I was completely doubting my self on that. How smart was it truly now that we were in this situation?Maybe I shouldn't have even brought Roman anywhere near this place. Since there was no way for me to keep him safe here, the logical conclusion was to not even bring him to the area in the
"Forget the creature, we'll get the boy directly." Those words alarmed me as to what was about to happen.I bared my teeth as I spied on the hunters. They all started moving towards the direction that I had left Roman.Roman. It turned out that I could remember his name after all.Now it was a simple question of whether I should go save him or not.I now had two burning wounds from the silver bullets of the hunter's leader. My chances of winning this battle reduced every second due to my blood loss. That meant that I would have to make a decisive action very soon.But my chances were already quiet low. The hunters had mostly gathered together to go get Roman. How could I survive getting them all?Then I remembered.I told Roman to go before I left. I also reasoned out that he would follow that command without too much hesitation. After all he didn't even know me that much. There was no way he was very attached to me. And I hadn't told him that Phoenix and the others were most likely