STACEY’S POV: Oh no! We’re caught! Through the fog of my exhaustion, I push myself out of the backseat when my mother stands outside the car to face the menacing Gammas in their wolf forms. “Get back into the car, Stacey,” she says. I’m still too weak to transform, but I can't abandon her to face these Gammas alone. There must be something I can do to make both of us safe. "Why, Luna Lucia, do you look so anxious? We just need to kill Stacey, right? Easy," one of the Gammas taunts. Then, that Gamma lunges at me. But before he can reach me, a group of wolves burst forth from the sides of the road. They collide with the Gammas in a blur of fur and fangs. The wolves fight with a brutal ferocity, proof they’re well-trained. Pierce’s Gammas fight back with equal intensity, but they’re ou

