The weeks began to move quickly into a blur of anticipation as Ava tried to stay focused on each passing day. A new day would come with its threat, and so her urgency and need to protect her children would increase. The reports from the patrol that Alpha Jackson had sent to the border only added to her anxiety daily, reports of sightings of what seemed to be members of the Crimson Blood pack daily became more frequent and their plans began to spread to even the lips of little children.
King Sebastian, had become overly occupied during this period, as he was always in the grand hall strategizing for battle with his advisors. The tension within the castle walls was more real than she could have imagined. They had lost a lot of lives to Edgar and this time they didn't want the same thing to
