Ryka
Frozen. Aliyah and I stopped frozen on the outskirts of the packlands border, dead silence surrounding us as we looked on in shock at the hundreds of prone bodies on the ground.
“We need to move along, it’s not safe here,” I pointed out as I grabbed her arm, moving us away from sight.
“What – What happened here?” Aliyah asked in shock, “I was only here last night.”
I didn’t know what to say to console her, but she needed facts and fast. “You cannot return here. The pack no longer exists.”
At her gasp, I knew we needed to move further away to avoid attracting attention. I tried to remember the emergency meeting point Melody told me about years ago.
Picking her up, I instructed for her to hold on tight as I ran towards the tunnel entry, hoping I’d remembered it correctly.
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Ja
