THE AWAKENING

Chapter-26-

Tieran and Cassandra surveyed the scene, growling in warning to anyone from Ulster’s clan that if they dared challenge either, they would die like their Alpha, gurgling on their life’s blood.

A scattering of yips and howls filtered through the moonlight as the battered remnants of Ulster’s clan melted into the forest, running for their lives.

Within minutes all that remained were the dead, injured, or exhausted Clan Barrachius. Victory was bittersweet.

Tieran padded over to a fallen wolf and nudged the large body with his muzzle. A whine of sadness followed. Cassandra felt Tieran’s pain as he checked the bodies littering the forest floor. Blood stained the pine needle carpet and filled the air with the scent of death.

With an anguished howl, Tieran changed from beast to man until he stood before the scene smeared in blood, both his own and others, and Cassandra followed suit.

“How many?” she asked quietly.

“Ten,” he answered, looking to the large wolves licking their wounds. “We must get them back to the compound or else that number will increase.”

“Are they able to run?”

Tieran’s grim expression told of his worry for his clan mates. He would

will go

this exact opportunity to retaliate for

Cassandra asked, exasperated by Tieran’s stubbornness. “Besides, it’s my fault that they are injured in the first place. Let

her as he walked away to discuss the situation with one of his clan mates who

when she was clearly the exact opposite. Cassandra growled low in her throat and Tieran’s head whipped

underestimating me,” Cassandra warned before transforming back into her wolf form.

fleeting as she settled into her familiar animal skin before Tieran could stop

bounded away from him and the clearing, easily putting distance between her and the others.

went unerringingly along a dizzying path, her

heaved from the exertion but she managed to transform into her human form to

that she’d succeeded

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