“Are you ready?” Logan asked as they sat in the unmoving car, watching the others park around the rendezvous point. The field was located just behind a long, imposing hill, so it hid them from most sides. They didn’t hold the illusions that they had the element of surprise, but nobody was thinking of going back.
“I am feeling truly afraid for the first time in my life,” Max replied, staring unseeingly at the people that were quickly undressing themselves, preparing to shift. “Not for myself. For you, for the others, for Jamie. Nothing about today is set in stone, and I am not sure how much more loss I can handle. I am supposed to be your alpha and protect you from this and here I am, asking you to follow me, knowing full well many will die today.”
“You are not indestructible, Max,” Logan
