Dillon and I run back up the stairs as fast as possible while Elizabeth struggles to keep up. When we push the door up allowing us to go back to ground level we can already hear the sound of battle. Dillon pulls me up leaving Elizabeth to climb out on her own. Dillon sniffs the air and growls. "The rogues must have found us," he states.
I sniff the air catching the scent of countless of rogues. "What do we do?" I ask him, feeling the nerves build up inside me. We tried so hard avoiding a fight but clearly it's inevitable.
"You go and take Elizabeth back to the pack house. I'm gonna stay here and defend my people," he tells me making me growl. "No way am I leaving you here," I object, but Dillon cups my face with both his hands and looks me in the eye.
Concern swirls in his dark eyes and
