And I smiled.
"You made a mistake, Dr. Pierce."
"Did I?"
"You studied us. Learned our weaknesses. Silver, pack bonds, our need for space." I let power build, and silver light started to glow around me. "But you never understood our real strength. What makes us different from you?"
"Oh? Do enlighten me."
"We protect each other. Always." I reached through the pack bonds, connecting to every wolf in the building, my people, and the tortured survivors. "And we're really hard to kill."
I released the power I'd been building. Not as an attack, but as a beacon. Every wolf in the building felt it, a surge of Alpha strength flooding through pack bonds.
The fighting in the hallway intensified. Renewed strength let the wolves push back against the Hunters.
"Riley, shield the stairwell. Kather
