Book 1: Finally Free

Kieran

King Cole and I lock eyes, and for a moment, I see his fire. Despite his physical weakness from the harsh beatings he’s recently received, he’s ready to fight. 

‘A little help here,’ I mind-link with my friends. The dungeon doors swing open, and Taner, Whyte, and Lucian storm into the space behind the soldiers, already in their wolf forms. 

The air fills with the sound of terrified screams as soldiers at the back of the formation are unexpectedly attacked by my friends. This distracts the soldiers at the front enough for me to knock one out and steal his sword for Cole. I pull my own sword and get into a tussle with another soldier on the frontline. 

It’s pandemonium around us as my friends tear into the soldiers on one end, and Cole and I engage in hand-to-hand combat on the other. A flock of birds swoop in through the windows and start pecking at the eyes of the soldiers we can’t handle. All I can hear is the sound of