the relationship broken, and they are putting everything they have at us to bring it.
Aria tightened her chest and closed her hands. The pendant shimmering like a warning, fluttered momentarily. Then we have to stop them before they get to us.
As the pack got ready for the next danger, their motions were stiff but deliberate. They moved fast. As Aria and Luca gathered their wolves, the relationship pulsed weakly, its energy consistent but brittle.
Ryker continued, his voice tense, "We cannot afford another full-scale battle." "The packs already strained thin."
"Then we don't give them one," Luca said with great conviction. We attack first, hit them before they can gather.
And if it is a trap? Kael questioned, his golden gaze narrows closing.
Luca's jaw locked. "We have no option."
