Chapter 42 - Khalid

It didn’t take us long to find Byron and Collin. Just follow the sounds of a very pissed-off werewolf. We all knew coming here while Noya was in heat was a double edge sword. To get to the girl and maybe the scepter is offered us an opportunity as she and Wade would be distracted. The problem is that her being in heat makes Wade more volatile.

As our group reached the fight, a crazed Wade had Byron backed into a corner in his wolf form. When I met him months ago, he wasn’t a bright wolf, and it doesn’t appear that much has changed. So I don’t like the idea of adding crazed, over-protective, mated male to the list of his problems.

Any hunter worth their salt can tell when the human or wolf is in control. Wade wasn’t in control of his wolf, and his wolf wasn’t entirely in control either. They had gone feral at this point. We were dealing more with a rabid oversized wolf than a logical creature. This was the hazard of attacking while Noya was in heat.

Glancing to the right, I could see