One of Andrew's clawed hands gripped Caleb's neck, drilling into his skin. The other one sunk into his belly. He dragged his claws down the belly, leaving a huge gash before tossing him away.He roared again, his bones had begun snapping and rearranging. "Get him," Douglas growled, his initial shock wiped out as he advanced towards Andrew, who had begun shifting. A werewolf was at its weakest when it changed. If they didn't capture Andrew now, he feared that they'd never be able to capture him again. And the anger rolling out from his wolf was a clear sign that it was going to turn feral when it completed its change.He noticed that it was only Laura who ran alongside him, everyone wolf had fallen to the ground, whimpering. Even Laura's movements were slow.Noticing Douglas, Andrew's wolf paused the change and fled out of the arena. Immediately after it left the wolves were released.Douglas howled, rousing the main warriors of the pack. They couldn't allow Andrew get into his territ

"No, and that's final." Douglas roared.Laura shrugged,Douglas couldn't risk Caleb and Andrew being in the same space. He'd been foolish enough to let it happen once, he'd never let it repeat itself. He wasn't going to lose Caleb just like that."Let's think of other options," Mendez suggested, trying to avoid a confrontation.Larry scoffed internally, watching them argue without accomplishing anything. He wondered why he was invited in the first place when they knew he had nothing to say."While we're looking for options, let's remember that witches may strike anytime from now." Dominic quipped.They all glared at him,Douglas sprang up with his jaws and feet clenched. The frustration pouring out from him amused Larry. He almost smirked.To him they were wasting time, he agreed with Dominic. Since the catastrophe, the old alpha had shut down all plans for the witch counterattack. The Old alpha was supposed to be restrategizing with his advisors and warriors not here biting his nail

Emily collapsed on the rug at the foot of her bed, huffing, panting, and drenched in sticky, slimy sweat. Who knew working as a caseworker would require her to get some form of self-defense training? Not that she needed it, being a witch and all, yet Samantha had forced her to do it. The exercises and training sessions Samantha had enrolled her into were paying off though. Some minutes ago she'd broken her endurance record. At that point, she felt really proud of herself. Now as she lay groaning and feeling all sorts of pain from stressing her muscles, she regretted agreeing to join Samantha's makeshift team.On her first day with them, Samantha dished out requirements for each team member. One was that she'd have to be physically fit and have completed a basic self-defense class, which was why she was currently trying to catch her breath. Before now, she'd already failed their routine physical assessment tests a least 3 times. It was why she worked herself hard as her existence dep

Andrew fell back to the small bed in the room, terrified for the first time in a long while. He clutched his shivering hands together wondering if what he planned was worth it. The old alpha did not make vain promises. Andrew swallowed, as the lofty plans he'd made for the night came crashing down.Another shudder ran through his body. He gripped the edge of the bed frame, wishing he could get Larry and Laura out of the pack. But it was impossible, both of them were aggressively loyal to the pack. They'd do anything, anything at all to ensure Brighton's longevity.Pins of guilt pricked his chest, making it feel constricted. They didn't deserve the things coming their way if he went on with what he'd planned for tonight. His wolf felt differently. It roamed his subconscious flashing images of Douglas's wrangled and torn-up body. The old alpha had taken the fear he sensed from Andrew as submission. To be honest, Andrew thought of submitting, but his wolf took Douglas's threat as a cha

"Emily!" Her mother shrieked.Emily who was pouring over scrolls and ancient texts jerked up."Mom, is something wrong?" She said into her phone that was tucked under her chin. Flipping through some pages and comparing them with others."All the witches of the circle in our coven are dead.""What?!" Emily blurted out, grabbing her phone and pressing it to her ear."All thirteen witches in our coven's circle are dead."Emily gasped."What happened?"The prophecy about the chosen one is true." Her mother replied, her voice shaking."Mom." Emily groaned, "speak clearly.""You know how the clan planned to retaliate? Well, Shirley found a witch to complete the circle and they began weaving spells of doom and catastrophe on the werewolves. Last night the 13 witches attacked fully from a cabin close to the werewolf boundary. The spell was almost complete when he attacked, burning them alive."A shriek trickled out of Emily's mouth, "Burn? How did he even find them weren't they supposed to b