I can feel it coming. I can smell the blood. I can see the bodies.
It's happening.
I bolt upright in bed, awakening to a dark room. The house was peaceful, but make no mistake, it's time. I reach to the side, and wake Keaton. Like me, he springs awake and turns to me. I bring a finger to my mouth, telling him to be silent. Our wolves are on alert and our mindlinks are open.
Almost on cue, howls fill the air, drifting in from the surrounding woods. It's begun.
"They're coming for us," I whisper.
Everything falls away, and the adrenaline kicks in, flooding my veins. Nothing matters but protecting my pack and killing the threat.
"We don't have much time, we have to wake everyone," Keaton says, already getting dressed.
The authority and power radiate off him, he's a true Alpha. I have n
