Aurélie POV
I couldn’t focus. Not truly. Every second I remained like this, restrained in human skin, I risked exposing our entire shifter community. My wolf needed out needed to scour the area, to scent the air for clues only she could find. She clawed restlessly inside me, frantic and insistent, while I fought to keep her contained.
She whined in my mind, her distress raw and aching, desperate to have her pup back in her arms.
I had never been away from Dominique or Delphine like this. Not once. Not even for a single bedtime.
I was always there. Always the one who tucked them in. Their constant. Their safe place.
Was he alright? Was he hurt
No. I cut the thought off sharply. I couldn’t afford to think like that.
My gaze drifted back to the fallen warriors sprawled on the ground be
