Chapter 31

Scarlett Less than an hour later, the chaos outside finally began to fade. The warriors had already come back in triumph. Some of them were laughing and bragging to their fellow and non-fellow warriors about how they had killed—wiped out the rogues who attacked the Nightshade earlier. The air no longer trembled with snarls and howls. The deep rumble that we kept on hearing earlier—but chose to not mind it while trying to protect the pups in the nursery—become nothing more than distant echoes. Instead, it was replaced by the heavy shuffle of paws on gravel, the creak of the gates opening, and the loud murmurs of returning warriors. I watched as the families of those returning warriors immediately went to their mates, their husbands, their wives, their sons and daughters—with a relief smile on their faces. I know how devastating war can be. It could destroy a family. That’s why whenever there’s war between packs; the families of those warriors would pay tribute to their moon goddess and