Chapter 29: The Long Night
The forest was burning.
The missiles had ignited the dry underbrush turning the valley into an inferno. Smoke choked the air. It was thick and black and smelled of sulfur.
I ran.
I pushed my body to the limit. My lungs burned with every breath. I dodged falling branches and leaping flames.
Kael was right beside me. He was in wolf form. His black fur was matted with ash. He stayed close to my flank ready to intercept any debris that might fall my way.
We were ghosts. The Matriarch’s spell protected us from the thermal cameras of the jet circling above. To the pilot we were just cold spots in the fire.
But the other Alphas were not so lucky.
I could hear their panic. I could hear the roar of the jet engines as it made another pass. It was hunting the heat s
