KADE
The Council headquarters was in a valley surrounded by forest, they had no idea we were here.
I crouched in the treeline with fifty wolves spread out on both sides, all of them waiting. The sun was dropping behind the mountains and shadows were getting longer.
Perfect.
I thought about Sera for a bit, wondering if she'd reached Aldric yet, If she was safe.
Then I pushed the thought away. She had her fight, I had mine.
"On my signal," I said quietly, wolves shifted.
I waited until the guards were backlit and half blind, until the patrols were at the furthest points from each other.
Then I shifted.
My wolf tore through me fast and violently, bones breaking and reforming, skin splitting to make way for fur. The pain was there and gone in seconds and then I was on four legs with m
