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Chapter Six

Pembroke

As my Beta and I approached the Pembroke pack, my heart was heavy with dread. The once-bustling pack was now deserted and eerie, with no sign of life since the attack. I got out of my car and slowly closed the door. My warriors had not found anyone here, and no sign of Isla. She had not been here yet because I knew that I would have sensed her being here.

The silence was deafening, and I couldn't help but feel like I was walking through a graveyard. Technically, it was, but all the dead bodies had been taken away. We did not want Isla to see them in the state they were. That would have destroyed her.

I took a deep breath and began to assess the damage to the pack. The buildings were in ruins, with broken windows and doors hanging off their hinges. The smell of smoke and burnt wood hung heavy in the air, and I could see scorch marks on the walls and the ground. It was clear that the pack had put up a fight, but it hadn't been enough.

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