center of their makeshift camp, casting dancing shadows across the tense faces of the three Alphas. Everyone oc

battle and sacrifice. Kael, younger and visibly agitated, was nervously playing with a small knife that he was twirling between his finger

n the trees and the crackling of burning wood. Finally, Kael

ilence around a fire ? Frankly, I've kn

is expression indic

ep quiet, we'd have a chance

ed, a smirk

nto the flames and hoping th

from the stars, her pierc

ng into a situation we know nothing about ? It'

eliver stuck in his throat. He knew Selene was right, even if he hated t

ment of reflection

against those wolves earlier... it wasn't norm

nto the fire, her eyes glowing strangely, as if

th a seriousness that attracted the attention of the two men. But I know

ned, his ga

ain yo

on her knees, leaning

something that has always been there, lurking in the shadows, b

aughing, a short

ious ? It seems like an ol

m, her expression c

attacked us, their smell... it wasn't that of any enemy. They were mar

tried to hide his worry behind a casual facade. Alaric seemed more thoug

any proof ? he

shook h

stories, signs I observed. I think th

gro

old croutons never tell us everyth

d respond, a loud noise echoed through the surrounding darkness. All th

ric whispered, his eyes

knife, his m

silence was to

senses searching for any clue. A second noise, closer this time, c

s, she said in a

ere many of them, much more than those from the previous ambush. Their appearance was even more disturb

fray with devastating precision. Its claws sliced through the air, its calculated blows reducing its enemies t

nt of her. A silver light began to radiate from her palms, and the

he other two. I can push them ba

into a single point. Kael followed suit, though his sarcastic re

ave of light spread from his hands, enveloping the enemies in a brilliant glow.

e heavy breathing of the three Alphas. Kael, hands

told us you could do that, ma

t him, tired but

start listening i

ary, scanned th

These wolves...they were diff

ne n

owing. And she kno

gone. Alaric, for the first time, seemed to thi

inally whispered. But p

e thoughtful. Alaric stood for a moment, watching the darkness, before joining the other