"We need a fresh strategy; we cannot keep battling like this."
As the pack gathered around the centre fire, Kael's words sliced over the tense environment. Although the fight had finished hours before, the weight of their losses hung like smoke.
Aria was in the center of the group; her presence was commanding even if she looked tired. "I know," she answered, her voice firm. "The rogues are no longer acting merely out of impulse. Someone is arranging them—or something else.
Ethan nodded with a wrinkled brow. "That much is evident. The woodland now exudes another vitality. Whatever is motivating them is becoming more potent.
Ryker leant against a nearby tree, his blades still slightly discolored from the struggle. What then is the strategy, Alpha? We cannot continue to respond. We have to take action.
