6
Sorrel
The warriors bundled me in a cloak smelling of them, walked me quickly to a side of the mountain I’d never been before.
“I’ll leave you here,” Knut said as we came to the mouth of a cave. “The Alphas are waiting.”
“Come,” Thorsteinn pushed me towards the dark entrance. I shrank back, my legs turning to stone.
“Shhh, it’s all right. See?” Vik bounded inside. “It’s not a dead end. It’s a secret entrance into the mountain.”
“What are we doing here?” I asked now that Knut was gone. The past minutes, my stomach had sloshed, threatening to expel everything I’d eaten. I clung to the warriors until my knuckles were white.
“The Alphas will summon us to check our bond.” Thorsteinn said and motioned me inside. “Here,” he said to Vik, who’d found a torch by the entrance and lit it. “Th
