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Nathan is the first one to speak first. “If a war breaks out, finding Alex will be next to impossible. There will be too much chaos to conduct a search.”

Jared nods. “Too much blood will be shed. You were right when you said that Alex would not want that. Even if we’re desperate to find him, if he were standing here right now, he would tell us to focus on preventing this war.”

“You’re making the right decision, even if it is hard,” Saul pitches in, his eyes heavy. “And I can tell that it’s hard on you, Sophia. We have your back. Don’t worry.”

Turning around, I try to control the emotions raging in my heart and say, “Let’s go then.”

Logan is surprisingly silent throughout the discussion. The human city is a few hours away from us, but we run at breakneck speed to get there. To my surprise, the city is fortified.

“The humans and shifters of the North have an uneasy relationship,” Patrick explains, seeing my confusion. “Around the time Karina came into power, her soldiers would often kidnap human females. When the human governments contacted her to complain, she waved off their complaints, denying responsibility. As a result, the humans have increased their security. Although walls are not going to be enough to prevent an attack, it was enough to keep the shifters out at that time.”

Worried, I look at the tall walls surrounding the city. There are human guards stationed at the entrance, and when they see us, one of them growls, “You are not humans.”

He points his rifle at us. “Your kind is not welcome here.”

He looks human, so how does he know what we are?

Logan seems to read my thoughts. “He’s not human. He’s got some shifter blood in him. I can smell it.”

Patrick looks at him in surprise. “You can?”

Logan frowns. “You can’t?”

The others shake their heads.

“He probably can’t shift. He’s not even a half-shifter,” Logan muses. “It’s a fraction of his blood. One of his ancestors was a wolf shifter, most likely.”

I take a step forward. “We need to meet the leader of your city. You are in danger. We came here to warn you.”

The man scoffs, “You’re here to warn us? And why should we believe you?”

Logan glances at me. “Do you want me to rip off his head for you?”

I blink at the sudden violent threat. “Ah, n-no thanks.”

The guard goes pale on hearing that, and it doesn’t help when Logan bares his teeth, showing him a mouthful of sharp canines.

I elbow him. “We’re trying to save them, not give them nightmares. Stop that!”

He scowls. “I was just trying to help.”

I turn my attention back to the guard, who’s trembling now. “Look. A pack of shifters is coming to attack your city. We have to meet with the mayor of your city to warn him. You humans have to evacuate before…”

I don’t even get to finish the sentence.

An ugly feeling crawls down my spine just as I hear a whistling sound. My instincts have me whipping around, holding out my hand to create a barrier.

The arrow that had been aimed at me, bounces off the barrier, and as it does, I focus my gaze behind us at what had at first seemed like trees. But with the barrier between us, the camouflage fades and my heart sinks in shock and horror at the wolves standing near the tree line watching us.

And they’re not alone.

Chapter 24

Sophia

“Where did they come from?” I hiss, looking at the wolves walking out of the tree line. “We got here faster than they should have been able to travel!”

“They're watchers,” Patrick responds, his wolf in his eyes. “They're sent to survey an area hours before the actual attack. It's an old battle technique.”

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