Elizabeth stopped inches away from the man, her teeth sharpened into the weapons they were. She snarled at him as she backed away on her hind legs. And if it wasn’t clear this man was more powerful than Hans, his power surged again and made Elizabeth buckle to her knees until she fell face down, whimpering. Looking around, I noticed that everyone was on their knees with their heads down, the pungent scent of anxiety mixed with fear apparent in the air. The man’s power was pressing on my every being but instead of being beaten down to submission like the rest, I felt it move past me and the air around me, like the quick flowing stream of water moving against an immoveable rock. But I slowly bowed my head in unison with the rest of the wolves because there would have been countless questio