The horn had not stopped ringing in my ears. It rolled across the ridge in a long metallic cry that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Ronan stood to my right, shoulders tense beneath the leather straps of his armor. Kade hovered on my left, fingers twitching every time the echo rose again. The three of us stood like statues overlooking the valley, watching the treeline churn with movement.
The wind whipped at my hair and brought with it the sour scent of rogues. Not one or two. Not even a hunting party. Entire packs shifted into place in the shadows below. My wolf snarled inside me, a restless surge that made my pulse stutter. Something was wrong. Terribly wrong.
Kade’s voice broke the silence. “That is not just stragglers gathering. They multiplied overnight. How is that p
