(eng) Kate Danley - Twilight Shifters 02 by Moon Rise

Author:Moon Rise [Rise, Moon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Aein's eyes opened and she realized Lars had shifted. She was not spooned around the body of a werewolf, but instead, around the body of her best friend. She started to pull back, but his hands took her wrists and he gently pulled her back into place.

"Stay," he whispered.

It was cold outside and he was warm, so she did.

Lars stroked her arm. "So what shall we do today?" he asked.

Aein pressed her cheek against his back. "Besides finding out what else is waiting in the fog to kill us?" replied Aein. She felt Lars sigh, knowing that their safe cocoon would have to be abandoned.

"Let's not think about all that death stuff until later," he said.

She groaned and sat up.

"Come back," he whined.

"No," said Aein, standing up. Her bones creaked and popped from sleeping on the ground. Her injuries ached. She ticked off all the necessaries for their survival. "We need to gather firewood. Hunt for some food so we're not eating all our stores. Go back to the camp and see if we can repair it enough to stay there. If we lead something to this glen..." Their precious bush was now visible in the daylight. It was still in hibernation without a single sign of bloom. She was terrified to leave it unguarded, but terrified their presence might guide something to it. She felt like a bird trying to trick a predator away from a nest of defenseless chicks. She sighed. "We are a choice menu item for practically every creature here and we can't afford some stumbling cyclops to accidentally step on the bush while he tries to make us lunch."

Lars rolled onto his back and laced his fingers behind his head in resignation. "You're right."

"How are we supposed to protect the entire border just by ourselves, Lars?" Aein asked as the memory of last night's battle crashed back into her thoughts. "This is a suicide mission."

"Yes," he said. "Every tour on the border is."

She pointed her finger at him. "You are not helping."

He sat up and laid it out for her. "We are out-manned, out-maneuvered, and completely about to die. Welcome to the guard."

"Do you think there is anyone left?" asked Aein, quietly.

The camp was the central hub for the Arnkell army. They met there with their replacements and traveled out to the territory they would be protecting. There was only one road going in and out, so everyone leaving would have to pass through. She hoped there was a chance that someone could still be out there wandering the border.

"Not after this much time," said Lars. "You and I were the last to be deployed to this area. Anyone serving a tour would have long since gone home."

Aein kicked the ground. The realization was sickening. No one came home after Lars ate the mushrooms. And now she understood that he, in werewolf form, was the reason. She had not understood viscerally why he hated his shift so much, but did now. The massacre they found last night was something he woke up to every morning.

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