"Why won't he shift?!" Painfully shoving aside Eugan's sting of betrayal, of being abandoned by him... for her in the midst of all the chaos that engulfed the banquet, I fought against Alad who was bent on getting me away from it all. For the second time since I'd left Xatis, I found myself surrounded by death. An enemy I'd felt yet again before they made their presence known, except, these were not mere intruders. Far from it.
"They will kill him!" I cried, seeing one more furry figure leap out of nowhere, canines bared, aiming for Eugan, for his king. How the hell did men who'd shown so much love for their king a moment ago, suddenly shift into their ravenous selves and seek to tear his throat out?
I'd known of usurpers, wolves who'd long coveted thrones, forcefully taking them at the
