Chapter 23. Cut Off

“What?” Meadow and I exchange glances and follow him at speed, leaving Carmen with the doctor and her competent care, and flash outside to the main entranceway of the drive to see what he’s talking about.

Sure enough, just like he said, there’s some green smog in the air in the far distance of the mountain, which seems to be rolling down and into the forest at great speed like a heavy blanket sliding over the landscape. It’s like smoke or a dense cloud; its moving rate is alarmingly fast, swallowing everything in sight wherever it slides.

Colton, something is coming towards the pack… a fog. Get back here NOW!!

I link rapidly, in panic and fear, reaching out to my mate in case he hasn’t looked up and seen it heading his way. I don’t know what it is, but all my senses tell me they should escape it and return to safety behind the rune border.

“What the hell is that, Chica?” Meadow stares at the same thing I am fixated on, and we watch in horror as it splays out