40. Zena

The gathering at the head of the mountain pass was impressive. Nearing a hundred of the largest, most powerful men all gathered at the last flat clearing before the mountain peaks. The bulk of Shadowlands might, and a large chunk of White Forest.

Alpha Nikolai strode over, his black cloak swirling behind him. “I hope your quick change in plans works out. You fetched your best men?”

“And nearly all our best women,” nodding at a two dozen green-clad, masked figures waiting with wolfsbane-tipped bow and arrows. Focused, checking over their equipment, ready to spill some blood. I like to think had I been able to follow a path away from the visions and Fate I might have been a badass fighter like them.

Nikolai firmly gripped his hand. "So. You sure Zeke can kill Phillipe?"

"He has a reduced team but I have no doubt Phillipe will die tonight," the fiery-haired Alpha replied crisply.

The two have powerful, dominating auras. Sybil and every other wolf in a ten metre radius is immediatel