“We're surrounded!” Jax shouted, his voice straining over the chaos.
“I see that!” I yelled back, blood pounding in my ears. My breath came in sharp bursts as enemy wolves closed in, their eyes gleaming with bloodlust.
Every instinct screamed for me to run, to retreat. But I couldn’t—not this time. Not when the lives of my pack depended on me.
“We have to hold the line!” I commanded, my voice steadier than I felt. “No one falls back!”
Jax bared his teeth and lunged at an approaching wolf, his claws slashing through fur and flesh. I barely had time to register the victory before another wolf sprang at me, teeth bared. I ducked, narrowly avoiding the lethal snap of his jaws.
“Liana!” Mira's panicked voice cut through the chaos.
I spun just in time to see a massive wolf bear
