Chapter 18
Kris had answered the knock at the wagon door. When the door had barely swung open inches, massive arms reached into the wagon, seized her by the wrist, and yanked her bodily out of the door. She’d barely had time to scream, barely had time to warn her parents, but it had been too late. After she’d been wrenched out into the cold air, another Shifter had entered the wagon and grabbed them too. Her father had fought back for a moment before a fist had found his gut and doubled him over. Her mother had gone pale and strangely quiet.
The Council. They’re behind this, she had thought. There had been no mistaking it. These men that had grabbed her and her parents wore the distinctive clothes of Council guards, who seemed to be growing more and more numerous.
“Kris?” her mother had
