  &quot;Are you sure you want to do this?&quot; Meadow sidetracks me as I make my way to the podium of our new town hall that was only finished in recent weeks and is three times bigger than the hall of the house. Flanked by two temporary sentinels.
  &quot;Yes. They need to know that by this time tomorrow they may not have a Luna, or Alpha coming back. I need them to be prepared and to know what comes after. I owe them honesty to what s happening after the patience for the last days.&quot; I thought this through all night, tossing and turning once we set the plan in motion and decided tomorrow at dawn we are to move on the mountain. This will be our last night with the pack and with that fog surrounding us. 
  Last night I watched my mate slide away in the darkness from me for the last time and said my goodbyes, just in case.
  Leyanne is certain she can protect us one by one from the e

  The cold wind from the mountain moves in across my skin and bites down at me, causing me to shiver despite wolves never really feeling the cold. My heart pounding, my nerves taut and my head in chaos as I stand on the boundary and stare into the darkness awaiting the sun to start to show hints of rising. The eerie silence despite rows and rows of assembled wolves unnerves me. Leyanne and Meadow to my right, Carmen, and Sierra to my left, stand solidly still, waiting. We re all just waiting. 
  Tension high, the stillness is painful and the quiet is deafening. I ve never been more scared in my life and it s not just because we are on the dawn of the first war battle of my life. As if that wasn t bad enough. It s that our enemy are our loved ones and death blows will be dealt today to forever change everything in our world. No matter what side wins, we all lose the ones we care about mos

  &quot;Has Leyanne said how much longer she needs?&quot; I pull us back to our topic in hand, walking to her and kneeling to meet her face and Meadow deflates completely.
  &quot;She s ready to go whenever we are. She s as ready as she can be, and they re going over the same things until we say it s happening.&quot; That downward shuffle of her eyes tells me this is a confession of sorts. I eye her up and know with that admission that Meadow is the one who has delayed things. Knowing she didn t want me to be a part of this, she s made sure I thought there was still time to change the plan. Maybe she was holding out for the vampires to pull back and for the high lord to intervene… either way, I can tell she s kept this close to her chest, so I won t push us to do it.
  This girl! Protecting me even by delaying reunion with her own mate. I can t be mad at her for that.
  &quot;So…. by day

&quot;Are you sure you want to do this?&quot; Meadow sidetracks me as I make my way to the podium of our new town hall that was only finished in recent weeks and is three times bigger than the hall of the house. Flanked by two temporary sentinels.
  &quot;Yes. They need to know that by this time tomorrow they may not have a Luna, or Alpha coming back. I need them to be prepared and to know what comes after. I owe them honesty to what s happening after the patience for the last days.&quot; I thought this through all night, tossing and turning once we set the plan in motion and decided tomorrow at dawn we are to move on the mountain. This will be our last night with the pack and with that fog surrounding us. 
  Last night I watched my mate slide away in the darkness from me for the last time and said my goodbyes, just in case.
  Leyanne is certain she can protect us one by one from the effects of the green smog, with the casting of a spell on every wolf that we ve rallied to fight. Sh

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