Avery’s pov

Henry growled, his head shooting up, and then let out a snarl, his eyes spearing to the left then he takes off in that direction. Xade slows down so Xaden can return ahead and Xaden follows Henry, Xade, and Kaylee right behind him.

The forest kind of felt alive in the moment, every rustle had me tensing and looking around sharply. We were being hunted so it would be best to keep on the lookout. My stomach twisted and I bit my tongue as I began to feel nauseous.

We move deeper into the forest but something still felt off and my hunch was right when many dark figures suddenly emerge out of the bushes, surrounding us. Henry slowed causing Xaden to slow and the rest to follow suit.

We were surrounded.

My heart raced and my palms starts to sweat, getting clammy as I clutch Xade’s fur. One of the figures up ahead aims their bow and arrow our way and the others follow on rise in alert and I let or command. The tiny hairs on the back of my neck a shaky breath.

Was this it?

no escape

Was this really it?

my chest as I try to reach out to hold my incoming painful fall, but those arms that wrapped around me to push me off turns me around midair, and the sharp sounds of bones breaking return in the air

at Xade’s beast, his eyes already watching me, silently telling me to trust them. I nod, clutching Kaylee’s coppery fur as she moves with me behind Xade while Xaden

around

figures cloaked in black begin to close in. And then the one at the front yells loud. ” You are surrounded, shift and

The loud voice belongs to a man and despite his command, his

I looked around in terror. There were many of them, more than

hissed through the air as if to

paws digging into the dirt as if ready to pounce at the man any moment now. And then he lunged forward, head on, his huge beast pouncing

in my throat and I am terrified not for me but for Xade who’s dodging every

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