Alexander:
I smelled the blood before I saw them, and though I didn’t even hear them fall, I knew that something had happened. My wolf reacted, and I walked, following their scent where it grew stronger by the second.
My steps slowed, just for a second, because part of me already knew… I didn’t hear their pulse, and it didn’t take a genius to find out what happened.
But I kept walking, because I had to see it, I had to see them as my men.
The patrol line was supposed to be intact here. One of our strongest rotations. No gaps. No weakness, that’s why he chose it. He wanted to weaken this side first, and with the new idea of the way we ran our patrols, I knew that he wanted us doubting. When I stepped into the clearing, everything went still.
Three bodies. My wolves, lying where they
