Chapter 218 PIPER The packhouse is a mess of changing paws and low murmurs , tension weighs upon my chest , heavy as any weight Ive ever tried to heave and couldnt shake .

Auroras sharp command cuts through chaos , and for a moment , everyone is still .

Prepare for defense , she says , firm and unyielding .

No one leaves the territory until we know what were dealing with .

I stood at the edge of the room , my claws pressed into the wood of a window frame .

Outside , fog thickens , curling and twisting around itself almost as if alive .

This isnt natural , Dane says from behind me .

The metallic ring of his blade emerging from their sheath immediately follows .

I dont need him to tell me that .

The way the mist moves , its like its alive watching , waiting .

louder than the noise in

the forest leaves rustling , crickets chirping are gone , swallowed by the dense , unnatural

her face pale but

says softly

dead silent in their

she is brave with a pale yet firm face , her voice low

to tell you all something , she says , her

her , eyes

Eira hesitates

me a place

I refused .

now I think theyll stop at nothing

heavier with the sense of confession and an unseen

; her face is a mask

discuss later about that , she says

, what

to Dane , who since Callen fell as a deadweight on his shoulders hasnt shown much

some kind of

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