Chapter 121

Scarlett We paused in the thick tree line. Arnold signed for half; his voice was low but firm. “We’re clear of patrols. There are no scents trailing us and I don’t think they had found out that we infiltrate their pack.” Finally, after we managed to sneak our way into Crescent Moon and freed the ten Crescent Moon’s wolves, we had also managed to sneak our way out. Now, we are already at the borderline of the Nightshade, out of the Crescent’s territory, making some of us take a heavy breath in relief now that we managed to get out without alerting anyway. Lucien kept his arm around me, as my eyes traced the gaunt faces of the freed captives. Their lips cracked, their eyes were sunken as if they hadn’t slept for a long time, and they had lost weight. There were relief and joy plastered in their eyes now that they had freed themselves. Finally, one of them—a broad-shouldered man I remembered as Elias—broke it. His voice was hoarse, almost breaking. “Luna…” he sank to his knees before I co