Chapter 47 : Just in Time

Ferrah

I opened the door and Onyx rushed out into the fray. I watched all of the gentleness he had just shown me melt away. The man that I was looking at now was the warrior that was whispered about around taverns and marketplaces. His expression was cold and calculating as he scanned the chaos around us.

This was the man that had overseen the war for over a decade. He was decisive and devastating in battle. It was a side of him that I had never seen in person before, and it was captivating.

His power was unmistakable. He was the only one that didn’t seem to be overwhelmed by the situation.

There were shifters filling the narrow street, both in humanoid form and in wolf form. The air was conjested with the sound of screaming and growling. It was almost deafening. I was amazed we hadn’t heard more of it from inside of the house.

The sound of feet on the cobblestones was adding to the clattering sounds of fighting. I could see women running from the street, some carrying childre