25: Fearless

Ben was in charge of thirty men. It wasn't nearly enough to meet the hundred men lined up at the wall, guarding the human side of the city.

'It's like they know we're coming,'

'They probably do,' Ben replied as realization filled him. 'The Alpha could have told them.'

'Why would the Alpha want to kill us?'

'Because he knows that we don't approve of his plan to attack innocent kids and women.'

'He knows that we know he's losing his damn mind?'

'Anyone could tell that. He's insane. When did it get so bad?'

'I don't know, but be careful what you say. It could get you killed.'

The chatter through the link was close to treason, if not enough to get them all hanged. Ben could see the humans lining up on the other side of the city wall. He wouldn't be the first to attack. He couldn't kill innocent humans, not after meeting his mate, not after seeing her face in his dreams and feeling the pull of the bond between them.

There was a poetic justice in being killed by her people. It woul