AMELIA Ryden divided us into a three-person team. Walker and Emil were stuck with me, while he, Zeph, and Zarah were preparing for the shield upgrade. Ren and Theia were our backups. Before sundown, we made it to the woods, south of the property. I didn’t know how much I missed this place until I was there. It was supposed to be our sanctuary from other werewolves and rogues. Instead, we were fighting against our own demonic entities. Deep inside, I felt guilty, and I couldn’t get rid of the thought that I was one of the reasons why things happened here. If I hadn’t come back, the wraiths and Alec’s evil plan might not have been implemented today. “You okay?” Walker came. “Yeah. I caught human scents.” “Me too. Could these be Alec’s men?” “Yeah, probably.” I connected our link to Ry

