#Chapter 246: Runaways

Ava I hung up the phone, blinking back tears. “Well… That’s done,” I murmured as I slipped my phone back into my pocket with a shudder. Telling three families that their sons died in battle wasn’t easy. And what was even harder was knowing that all of this, as Elise had said… didn’t need to happen. It was my fault. If only I hadn’t been so stupid, so naive when we visited Winston. If only I had been patient— “Luna Ava?” I turned at the sound of a voice, and saw one of the scouts standing there with dirt and what looked like blood on the front of his shirt. “What is it?” I asked, eyeing him suspiciously. “Have you seen Alpha Chris? He shifted earlier and ran off into the woods.” I quirked an eyebrow. “Why? Did something happen?” The scout opened his mouth and then closed it a few times as if grappling with what to say. Finally, he gestured for me to follow, and showed me to a fresh mound of dirt at the edge of the nearby forest. “New