Chapter 236

Sighing heavily, I peek through the dead trees at the gathering Templars. They are noisy, and they don't seem to care that they're not very well hidden. There are several witches with them, casting cloaking spells, but either it's not working, or the witches aren't very good at their job. "Maybe they're doing it on purpose," Suri suggests.

"Maybe," I reply.

They are so arrogant in their certainty that they'll win this fight that some of them are already celebrating.

They will not. I'll make sure of it.

In the distance, though I can’t hear them while I’m in the dead zone, I can see the lights going out in the pack house. Soon, when Innocent is sure they’re all asleep, they’ll attack, and my time is running out.

**

Before I even told Kane about my plan, I knew that he would protest and try to stop me, and by the time I was done laying it all out to him, the top of his head nearly blew off. “Have you lost your damn mind?” he asked, breathless with anger and concern for me.

“No, but