Chapter 171

With her eyes wide, Madalynn shouted, “Attack!” with her human voice as she shifted into her wolf, leaping into the air to lead the charge from behind us, her shout morphing into a howl. Behar’s troops were trained to follow Madalynn’s commands as well, so even though Ethan was still on top of Behar, when she gave the order, the line in front of us moved forward as well. At that moment, many of the children were trapped between the lines of wolves led by Behar because they’d been in the process of moving between them. Now, they were ripe for the picking. The battle was upon us, but we were not prepared for it—we had tried to prevent it from happening. We were greatly outnumbered, and we had innocent children to protect. My mind went to Rowan. I saw Georgia, preparing to keep him safe the best she could, but as skillful as she was, Georgia couldn’t even shift yet. It wouldn’t be enough. Ethan and Behar were fighting again, and even though Behar had wounds in his neck, he’d gotten a brea