#Chapter 55: Trouble at the Border

THIRD PERSON POV Three days later… The night was still throughout the kingdom. The citizens slept peacefully in their warm, comfortable beds without a care in the world, only dreading the rising of the morning sun, when work and responsibilities beckoned for their begrudging attention. Families were at ease, having gone to bed knowing that their loved ones were safe and well under the watchful eye of their mighty Alpha King. On the border dividing the werewolves from the bear-shifters, however, it was anything but silent. Low, menacing growls emerged from the thick throats of the bear-shifter troops, in all their monstrous, terrifying glory, while a small nighttime patrol of werewolf forces valiantly attempted to stand their ground against an enemy over thrice their size. What they lacked in brute strength, they made up for in numbers… but even that was not enough to withstand the unexpected assault they faced. If they kept at the battle, they faced every chance of losi