I stood at the front lines, staring out to the horizon, the chilly morning air biting into my skin. It was a fresh day, but for us, it might be the last, as the sky was just beginning to turn pink. The tense whispers of the pack behind me, their pulses pounding in time with mine, gave me a sense of the tension in the air.
Zack was on his way, and death was following.
I made an effort to ignore Cora. I tried not to allow my thoughts stray to the possibility that she was safe and far away from here right now. If all had gone as planned, Liam would have been far gone by now. The thought of her anger gnawed at me; when she woke up, she would be furious. It was the only way. She needed to be safe. I could not afford to give Zack control over her powers.
I closed my eyes for a while and breat
