The Preservation Council attacked at dawn three days after Ryan's exile, prepared. 80 wolves attacked from four directions at once, using tactics that could only have come from insiders.
Alarms began in the command center while James was there. "Every perimeter has breaches. They know our security protocols' blind spots and use them against us."
"How many?" Damien demanded, running to the armory.
"80 confirmed, possibly more. Tranquilizers and gas grenades incapacitate our wolves." James accessed security footage. No m******e—this is an extraction mission.
They want Luna and Ethan to live and avoid killing any one."
It almost got worse. These weren't mindless attackers they could kill easily. These wolves believed they were saving children from bad parents.
Damiens' forces fought the
