KALEL
Blood. That's what I smelled before anything else. Fresh, metallic, and too much of it.
My wolf surged forward, hackles raised as I led my team through the dense forest at the northern edge of our territory. Ransom moved silently to my right, nostrils flaring as he caught the same scent. Reggie flanked my left, her compact female form disguising the deadliest fighter in our pack after my brother and me.
"Close," she murmured, voice barely audible above the wind rustling through the pines.
I nodded, dropping into a crouch. Behind us, Liam and four other warriors spread out in practiced formation. We'd been tracking reports of increased activity along our borders since dawn—eight hours since Moira and Mallory had left for the fairy ring with Savannah's necklace.
My chest ached, th
