Chapter 7

Paralyzing terror consumed me and kept me rooted where I was in plain sight of the menacing he-wolf. He didn’t spot me so I rolled soundlessly into a rose bush and followed his line of sight to see where his attention was at. My heart sunk further with trepidation at the scene.

Huddled together in a corner with a snarling werewolf prowling around them were a group of children none of whom looked older than eleven. Fear was etched in their faces but they all kept a mindful eye on the little blonde girl with the knife pressed to her throat.

Righteous anger quickly replaced my feeling of fear. How dare they even think of doing such a thing when the Alpha was just a few feet away? How had they even been able to infiltrate successfully?

I noted that they had cunningly kept to the far side of the garden to avoid being heard and I was sure the noise from the competition also helped to mask the sound of their devious operation.

“What the hell is taking that bastard so long?” the knife handler