Liam's howl shattered the dawn.
High. Urgent. Terrified.
The warning Evie had been dreading.
They're here.
The world exploded into chaos.
Through the study window, Evie watched the forest erupt with movement. Black shapes pouring from the trees like oil spilling across snow. Dozens of them.
More than Nate had predicted. More than the pack could handle.
Shadowfang had brought an army.
The black wolves were massive, larger than any she'd seen before. Unnatural.
Their eyes glowed red in the grey dawn light, wrong and corrupted. They moved with coordinated precision, hitting three points simultaneously. North border.
East wall. Garden gate.
Exactly where Nate's maps had predicted, but knowing where didn't matter when you were too weak to defend.
Below, the Silvermane pack met them
