Claire collapsed when three enhanced wolves attacked. She knifed one before the other two pinned her arms and beat her brutally. Fists broke her ribs, and she tasted blood.
James' grey wolf form tore through two enemies as he approached her after seeing her fall. He couldn't reach her due to distance.
A group of older wolves and children hid in the community center as attackers broke in. The pack's 40-year-old wolf, Marcus, faced the children with his claws and experience.
"You'll have to go through me first," he told the five enhanced wolves approaching.
He died instantly, followed by the children behind him. Sarah grabbed her twin daughters' claws. She died instantly, but her sacrifice gave the twins three more seconds before the attackers.
The compound was filled with screams of te
