uld even notice, giving the rogues th

one of the males who emerged from the shadows. He had an eye patch on his left

four males emerged, their hungry and lustful eyes fixed on

proved to Ka'al that they wouldn't back off without a fight. Rogues were meant to steal and tak

taken off," Ka'al warned. He wasn't back to full power, but t

suggest you leave the female, and we will let you pass this lonely

stayed behind him. Even as the males tried

we have tools to stop even the mightiest of wolves, dangerous ones

they charge at me and I shift, I need you to run south; there is a c

smaller than Ka'al's. But being rogues, they lived to kill and hunt and had skills for a fight. Their delta henchmen ha

ight began. Ka'al broke through the group's defenses, their plans wil

in a curdling snarl, the crack of bones echoed through the f

ith a vicious strike and slammed into a tree. The moment he set his eye on the second

ust any knife but one covered with Vardnom bane, a wicked

s attack. Their leader was left, and Ka'al gave him a striking blo

pride as he spat out blood. "You're him, aren't you? the dread

hose wolf's head turned in confusion. "I never told you we were only five;

he pushed his claws into the beta's ne

o run, he felt a stabbing pain from the Vardnom. It was going to slow his spe

she had run, and with the blaring carnal w

f filled her, she stalked up to it, but Elise quickly came

o had appeared in front of her, blocking her way. H

He chuckled. Elise tried to walk back, only to

ise said, but her high-pitched voi

forget about that alpha-agh!" He groaned as Elise lande

ick enough to grab her hand, bending it backward un

hard backhanded slap to her cheeks. Elise's skin throbbed, but it wa

little pup; I'm going to show who's boss, lay her down

ng her against a stony hedge, where Elise's head hit a hard r

him, knowing that he was still fighting off the rest. Elise bound her hand in

snickers felt like distant echoes as Elise's eyes shot open; her eyes were a violet

was rage, and she saw red b

cave; he had shifted back to human to save his

from the smell of blood as panic arose in him.

rks and bloodied bodies of two males were littered by the rocks; their

e, unconscious yet unharmed; her hand was bloodied, and it wasn't her blood. "What in the

the forest; for all he knew, the rogue betas could

finally twitch. Her eyes flew open, and her body and mind panicked b

e're almost there," he said as Elise glanced

re ar

ackmoon pack; the rogues can't come here,

if she'd fall to the ground, but Ka'al stoppe

n pack, that they are savages led by their alpha king, who is known as the "dread wolf," and they kill an

appen, little wo

she heard shuffling across the trees; this time trooped males crept ou

seen a ghost, but there was relief in his eyes

the ground to show his utmost respect, and other wolve

pha of the Blackmoon pack, the drea