Evelina's POV
"We chose you this morning," he said. "Let us mean it. Go north."
I held his gaze for one second and then I nodded and I went.
I came out through the side door and into the open air and did not slow. Behind me I could hear the fighting, the crack of timber and the sounds wolves make when they are not holding back. I held Ren tighter and pushed north through the tree break at the edge of the grounds.
The pack held the line behind me. I could feel it even as I ran, solid and certain at my back. They were buying me time, and I was not going to waste it.
Malik's wolves came maybe ten minutes later.
Not my pack. My pack had stayed back, held the grounds, and done exactly what I had asked of them without being asked.
These were rogues. The moment they saw me, murder flashed
