Alpha and Human Professor
“We can plant signs of rogue activity farther south, near the old mill. It’s isolated enough that it won’t lead them to us, but it’ll keep them busy.”
Mirella nodded thoughtfully. “It could work. The humans are already chasing shadows. If we give them a bigger one to follow...”
“It buys us time,” Ren finished, his gaze locking onto Elena’s. “Good idea.”
Later that day, Elena joined one of the patrol teams as they dismantled traps along the eastern ridge. She moved cautiously through the forest, her senses on high alert as Kaia guided her.
“Here,” one of the warriors called, crouching near a cluster of bushes. He pointed to a thin silver wire stretched between two trees, its surface glinting