Chapter 25. We Need A Plan

I turn and follow Meadow at speed, without hesitation at getting away from what my heart cannot bear to see anymore, as we come up against some of our patrolling sentinels walking the path. Looking as confused as us.

“The fog has done something to the pack. They can’t get in. Ensure no one crosses the rune line or gets too close to the boundary until I say otherwise. Pass it on via the link. Everyone is to stay home and stay safe until we figure this out. That’s an order. The alpha is not to be trusted even if he stands at the border…Understand?” I snap aggressively, tears starting to blind my vision, but I have to swallow it down, pull myself together, and seem like I am in control. Meadow has turned broody and quiet, yet her emotion filters through, and I taste her equal heartache to mine.

The guards nod, glancing from her to me as though expecting her to say something, looking equally afraid, given they are some of the males from the village and not from our usual sen