Sitting at my desk, the low lamp light created long shadows across the room. My eyes fixed on the note in my hands, the erratic, hurried scrawled handwriting. The basic message was clear: The rogues are assembling at the northern caves. Get ready.
I went back over it, trying to put its importance together. Of course, that made sense, the northern caves. Perfect hiding place for Zack and his rogues, tucked away just outside Shadow Creek Pack area under the cover of deep forests and dangerous terrain. But the timing seemed almost too coincidental.
My thoughts were cut off by a soft knock on the door. Liam came in, his face bearing the same austere look he had been wearing since we had first discovered the approaching danger.
As Liam went to the desk, he said, "Got your message. What's thi
