ASH
Everything was falling apart. Lena’s sheer strength was decimating my forces—what was left of them. Most of the shifters Selena had promised had already fled, taking flight after realizing they were beaten. And I was standing in the middle of it, wounded and depleted — with my illusions shattered to f*****g dust.
"Fall back!" One of my captains was screaming, I heard. "Retreat! We can't win this!"
He was right. We couldn't win. We can't stop the prophecy come true—Lena draining the power of four mates at once. But despite that, despite seeing the reality of my own eyes, I couldn’t bring myself to leave.
Because she was there. Right there. So close I could touch her if only I could get by the three Alphas guarding her.
They’d had to be stitched up—skin flayed open wide and fats and
