Chapter 140. Too Many

Ace’s POV

As the sound of rogues howling around us gets louder, I begin to doubt my fighting skills. I have never been in a large-scale fight before. The closest I have come to a battle is when I was protecting my father from the rogue the night of our first pack hunt. Even then, without the aid of Erica’s abilities, I don’t think we would have won that fight. We shouldn’t have come without Erica.

I can see the moonlight flickering off the eyes of the rogue werewolves in the forest. There must be at least fifty waiting for their cue to attack us. Evelynn’s wolf shakes out her fur and growls angrily. She is more ready for this fight than Bryce and I are.

“No werewolf blood needs to be shed tonight,” I yell into the night. “We are just here for our son.”

Silence falls over the forest. The sound of twigs snapping and leaves rustling lets me know that the rogues are moving through the trees. Just when I think that they are finally going to emerge from the