Alisha's POVBy evening, the rogues were gone by the time we reached open ground.Val had pushed the shift through Blue Moon's bond, and they'd pulled back, all of them at one coordinated movement. The yard was quiet. The pack house was damaged, but it still stood, despite smoke rising from the east wing.Joshua had told me about the regional warriors on the way up. He'd made the call two days ago, before the siege, when they knew Irene was free. That was the Joshua he'd become. Warriors were staged at the border, Nathan holding the signal.I had Alexander on my hip. Ella in Mara's arms. Joshua's hand was on my back.For ten minutes, I believed the worst was over.Then a Blue Moon wolf ran across the yard toward us. "She's here," he said. "Came through the west side. We had a gap, thirty seconds between the siege breaking and the perimeter resetting. She knew exactly when."I handed Alexander to Mara before the wolf finished speaking."Take them deep inside," I said. "Both of them."M
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