HIE'

a new moon, Clara and I crept towards the abando

, on the other hand, felt a strange, sharp ca

oncealed the passage entrance, I heard low

her into the deep shadows of a ma

were talking. I recognized them

er tomorrow," one of them said. "The pat

her replied. "Eller will protect us. We jus

ret is as good as dead." The voice drifted t

my blood congealing in my veins. Clara'

pure horror. We had stumbled i

er, Eller Farrell, one

door just a few feet away. If Everet died, I was f

press

let him be murdered by traitors. If the Pack fell into chaos, my mot

pered to Clara. "Some

egas? We'd be accused of bei

ed in my mind,

lian. Now. He's the only one wh

d figure approaching th

towards a different path tha

e last, tearfu

aking it skitter across the ground. I stepped out of the shadow

rs spun around, their faces

Rochelle demanded, her ey

p," I stammered, forc

e running away?" she sneered. Then, realization dawned on her face

she ordered

he estate, but deeper into the dark woods. I had to lead them

r heavy footfalls crashing throug

nder low branches and weaving through thicke

ll, moonlit clearing. The

face. "Your luck has finally run out, Omega. Tonight, yo

he trembling, the weakness-it all fel

rst time in seven years, I let

as cold and calm