Chapter 56: Evander's POV - The Battle and a Familiar Place

The battle rages all around me. I can taste my own sweat. Blood is on the wind.

"Evander! This is the spot we scouted earlier." One of my lieutenants points to a clearing on the top of a rise. "We need to set up our operation before we lose the moonlight."

I give him a nod, granting him leave to begin preparations. He doesn't make it ten feet before we hear a yelp from below. Someone got caught in a trap.

I hope it was one of the Moonvalley pack.

I breathe in the night, taking the measure of the woods. The forest is dark, but not entirely unfamiliar to me. The Amber Sky pack – Aurora's familial pack – has territory not many miles from where I'm standing.

I can only hope that scant distance is enough to keep her safe.

My warriors are ready to fine tune our plan of attack when I enter the clearing. I look at each of their faces before I speak, happy to find resolution in every single one.

"You know the plan," I tell them brusquely. "In the hour before dawn, we bypass the forest and atta