Peniel
The forest pressed in around me, shadows swallowing the faint moonlight as I crouched behind the thick underbrush. My breath trembled behind my hand, muffled and shallow, as I tried to steady my racing heart. Their voices were too close.
“Shall we take the body with us?” a warrior asked, his tone rough, detached, as though the lifeless figure sprawled on the forest floor was nothing more than a broken tool.
“The Alpha King’s orders,” came the Head Warrior’s clipped reply. His words oozed disdain. “Get her out of here before her pack sniffs us out. Should’ve known better, the stupid b***h. A seer should see her own death coming.”
I bit down hard on my lip, my entire body trembling. I wanted to scream, to hurl myself at them, but my legs refused to obey. They dragged her body thro
