Celeste My attention was momentarily taken by the young warrior who just stepped off the stage. She looked exactly like one of the young warriors who went to war and never returned. At the time, she was praised by a few warriors for being a skilled archer. When Alpha Holmes heard about it, he said there was no need to keep her in the pack and praise her. Rather, he forced her to be deployed with the others. That was the last I saw of her. “Next contender.” Beta Oxley’s voice boomed in the arena. I didn’t know who was next in line, but there was reason to be more alert. “I won’t go easy on you because you had a winning streak. My brother was only twenty-one when he volunteered to go on the trip to the Moon Howler Pack. He only wanted to prove to our father that he wasn’t a weakling

