EllieBlade was getting away, and Ellie couldn't stand it. She knew that he was going to slip right through her fingers. If she had acted on her own without waiting for Carter to get into place, she might've been able to stop him, but since she was following the plan and trying to give Carter a chance to fall into place before she launched her attack, Blade was moving much more quickly than she was. And he was about to cut right past her forces without Ellie so much as landing a paw on him."Luna Ellie, Alpha River wants you to move due east and then cut south to try and get in front of Blade and force him back toward his pack and Ulysses' forces coming in from the north," Dara, Ellie's Omega on the phone, said in her head. She had to assume that had come from Jim, who was doing the same for River."Let them know that I will cut east if that's what I need to do to get in front of Blade, but if we come into close contact with him again, I'm attacking. I don't care if it's only our pack

RiverEllie was in front of him, charging right for Blade, when two huge wolves cut her off. River did his best to get over there to help her, but she didn't need him. It only took her a matter of seconds to dispatch both of them. River couldn't help but smile as he watched her in action. She was pretty d*mn amazing.But this was a fight, and not something to be taken lightly, so River got involved, too. He saw Ellie going after Blade, but the Alpha wasn't willing to engage with her. Apparently, Glade wasn't so big and tough when Ellie wasn't outnumbered drastically as she had been the last time he'd hurt her..As Blade took off from the woods to his right, Ellie was right on his tail. Unfortunately the b*stard was too fast for her. River wanted to help, already having proven that he was faster than Blade. He was headed that way when another large, dark wolf leapt in front of him, teeth bared. River paused and growled right back at the wolf, which was at least six inches taller than

EllieBlade was running as fast as he possibly could. Ellie was keeping up, but as Blade exited the woods and was running through the meadow that Ellie knew bordered on a gorge so deep, if he fell in, they'd never hear from him again. It was coming up so quickly that Ellie was hesitant to keep running at full speed for fear she might fall in herself.River came between the trees to her right, and now all three of them were out in the open land. From here, it looked like the next set of woods was just ahead a hundred yards or so, but those trees were not an accessible place to hide, unless Blade was a really, really good jumper.Ahead of her, Ellie watched as Blade realized there was a hole in the ground ahead of him. He slid, turning sideways, his back feet swinging around and dust and rocks flying into the air. He tipped to his right, his eyes bulging, but then, before he teetered in, he was able to fall back the other direction. The gorge hadn't been his demise, but he was trapped

EllieThe daze she'd been in since she'd seen Blade fall to his death was beginning to fade away as Ellie took River's hand and went to her office to meet with the other Alphas. It had all happened so quickly, she still needed time to process it.In her mind, she kept going over what she could have done differently. Maybe if she hadn't bitten him so hard, he wouldn't have acted so callously and tried to clear that gorge. Maybe she should've stayed on top of him until they could take him into custody. Maybe she should've tried to stop him when he went running toward the gorge.She could come up with a million things she could've done differently, but it had played out the way that it did. And there was nothing she could do about it now. So… she may as well get her head back in the game and pay attention because they had an entire pack to deal with now, one without an Alpha, one that would be needing direction, and possibly discipline.The other Alphas were already sitting around a tabl

EllieAs soon as she was done talking to the former members of Crying Wolf, Ellie took River's hand and did her best to look calm. On the inside, her emotions were churning like the ocean during a storm. She didn't want anyone else to see that, though. She had to give them the impression that she was cool, calm, and collected.The two of them stayed with the other Alphas, waiting to see what questions the pack members might have or what they needed to do to put people at ease. As far as Ellie could tell, the dividing of the pack mates into the new packs was going well. She didn't hear anyone shouting or complaining. As the families approached the Gammas who were overseeing the new assignments, most of them seemed calm. Fathers and mothers had their arms around their children. Elderly couples held hands. Some of the younger people were in groups that appeared to be more like friends than families, but that was okay. She was willing to allow them to go together to a new pack so long as