The border erupted into chaos the instant Vesper's warriors surged forward.
Kade shifted first, fur and fangs replacing the young man beside me in a single fluid motion, meeting the nearest attacker head on. My father's warriors scrambled into formation, steel and claws flashing under the moonlight, and I found myself dragged backward by Rowan, who had appeared seemingly from nowhere, shoving me toward the tree line.
"Get to safety," he shouted over the noise of battle. "You're the one they actually want, Selene, you can't stay in the open."
"I'm not running while everyone else fights for me," I snapped, twisting out of his grip.
That was when I saw her.
A young warrior from our own ranks, someone I recognized vaguely from the academy training grounds, slipping away from the chaos tow
