Chapter 56

"We have to go!" She repeated, doubling her force as she began dragging me back to the tree line. I physically gulped as her pulls finally registered, my wide eyes blinking a few times as the reality of the situation began to settle in. I turned around to nod at Gianna hesitantly, willingly beginning to retreat to the trees whilst still keeping an eye on the group. One of the larger wolves suddenly darted forward to meet the encroaching banshee, colliding with it mid way and wrestling with the small creature for a moment. I watched in a mixture of worry and awe, only fully turning for the woods after it had killed the blood drenched creature with little to no struggle; as if it was just a regular Sunday. I tried to think of who the wolf could be from the group, attempting to connect faces and hair colour from the long list of men I'd met today; thinking I could place a face to the animal. But the panic overcame me, and once we broke the tree line the only thou