Chapter 364

We file out of the truck quickly and quietly in an orderly fashion and wait while other vehicles empty before we play follow the leader, and stealthily move into the forest nearby to spread into our designated teams. As we progress, Colton moves behind me closely, and his warmth cloaks me in the chilled night air. My guards and Sierra surround me, and it hits me with a deep dread that this feels as familiar as our mini-war against the mountain. The sense of safety that Colton is with me is dampened as my anxiety swirls up inside my chest. You know the plan. Stay close, don’t stray from me. No matter what happens, stay within the Luna’s guard and by mom’s and my side. Don’t take any risks. We will get through this. He links me, for my ears only, in that gentle and protective way of his, and I nod back at him. Turning in time to see him shedding clothes and tossing them aside to transform. That magnificent beauty as his black self appears and seems to take over the landscape with his she