Astrid's POV My heart felt like it would burst from my chest with the way it raced. The bushes rustled louder and I turned to Brie, my eyes wide with alarm but hers were already fixed on the path, her gaze wary. The old woman's face was surprisingly calm, but I noticed the tenseness in her shoulders, and the tightness in her lips. She was getting ready to leave. "What is it?" I whispered, my voice shaky. We couldn't shift into our wolves because my mates would be immediately alerted to where we were, so we were stuck essentially. Brie shook her head, her gaze never leaving the shadows. "I don't know who, but someone is coming," she murmured. "We have to go. Now." She turned to me, her gaze communicating that we had no choice but to shift, when a voice from the tree line called out, mak