As soon as Ethan shook hands with the spokesman for the fifteen prisoners, we all looked up. Liam and Aly were running towards us, through the field that descended on that side of the hill where the shelter was located.
Despite his great physical condition and strength, Liam looked exhausted.
At no point had it crossed our minds that he would have to run with Mel on his shoulders. Ethan was ready to receive her, but since I was already transformed, I moved ahead and took Mel into my arms.
A single claw was enough to hold her as if she were a rag doll, just as I had carried her that same afternoon on the way to the house now under attack by Alpha Zoe's warriors.
"The men are retreating, and I believe they've run out of ammunition," Liam reported as soon as he caught his breath. "It wi
