Before Gale could react, the wolf lunged, knocking her to the ground and disrupting her attack.


    Caleb’s POV:


    A shriek of fury tore from Gale’s lips.


    “Who dares interfere?”


    The words barely left her mouth before the wolf surged forward, nting himself protectively in front of me.


    Tall and imposing, it was Carlos.


    His arrival was followed by the pounding of paws as a sizeable pack of werewolves emerged from the ravaged forest.


    They formed a line behind us, a unified front against the Xeric Pack’s forces.


    “Kill them all!” Gale snarled, scrambling to her feet.All text ? N?velD(r)a''ma.Org.


    Carlos met her challenge with a roar.


    “Attack! Let them see our true might I”


    The battle erupted in a frenzy of snarls and spells.


    Carlos turned to me, his voiceced with concern.


    “Sorry, I’mte.


    Are you injured?”


    I didn’t answer.


    My gaze remained fixed on Debra.


    The mes danced higher, consuming her.


    She gradually stopped moving.


    As her mate, I felt the agonizing weakening of her presence.


    She was barely hanging by a thread.


    There was no time to waste.


    I had to reach her.


    Silently, I slipped past Carlos.


    I darted towards the fire, hoping to exploit the chaos.


    Damien, sensing my n, let out a guttural battle cry and charged after me.


    A sudden sh of blinding light engulfed the area.


    When my vision cleared, a massive fireball blocked my path, a fiery barricade conjured by Gale.


    “Thinking of waltzing through, are we?” she mocked, her smileced with malice.


    “Not so fast, Caleb.


    ”


    With a sickening crackle of magic, she seized control of a nearby werewolf.


    His neck snapped with a sickening twist before she turned back to me, her voice dripping with sadistic glee.


    “Keep dreaming, Caleb.


    You won’t be able to save Debra on my watch.


    Today, she meets her end!”


    Her gaze swept across the battlefield.


    “And your precious Thorn Edge Pack? They’ll all pay with their lives for your foolishness.


    ”


    The situation was grim.


    The Thorn Edge Pack, despite their bravery, were clearly outmatched.


    To make matters worse, Gale was a supreme witch.


    Her ability to wield mes was more than a little troublesome.


    A prolonged fight meant certain defeat for the Thorn Edge Pack.


    Debra seemed to realize it at the same time.


    She rasped through the pain, “Carlos, we’re losing.


    Take Caleb and leave.


    Don’t let him die for nothing.


    ”