Chapter 99 | The Fight 1/2

Lux

It doesn't take long before we start to hear and smell the rogues that are coming near us.

My mom’s anxious energy is rolling off of her in huge waves making me uneasy. Because if she is nervous then I should be terrified. My mom has never been easily frightened. The only time she is ever scared with a battle is if she’s scared to lose someone that she loves. Her fear stems from the fact that it's already happened once before. I don't know much about it; all I know is that the man was a very dear friend of hers and that she has never been able to fully move on from his death. She believes it was her fault.

She asks me, “You’ve been training a lot. Are you better at fighting in your wolf form or your human form?”

I respond, “Human. Do you think it’s going to come to that?”

She murmurs, “I don’t know, but it’s best to take precautions.”

I swallow the lump in