POV: Mina (Age 18 - Five Days Into the Moonpath)
The supplies run out faster than any of us expected.
Five days into the journey and we're already rationing. Asher's careful calculations didn't account for how much energy four wolves burn traveling fast through hostile territory. Didn't account for game being scarcer this deep into Council-controlled land. Didn't account for us having to bypass several streams because Council scouts were using them as patrol routes.
We're hungry. All of us. And hunger makes everything harder.
Through the bond I feel it constantly. The Trio's wolves agitated by lack of food. Their human minds trying to stay focused despite the gnawing emptiness. Their calculations adjusting as they realize we might not make it to neutral territory before the supplies ar
