Chapter 7: The Wolves Come at Night

The wolves come at night, and their howls are as soft as thunder.

It was a childhood saying I used to hear when I was young. It pertains to the style of attack of an Alpha King and his pack. They never attack at daylight. They always sneak at night and only then you’ll hear their howl when they’re surrounding you.

I blinked at the two white wolves before us. I slid my eyes at the Blackwind Pack soldiers. They have nowhere to run as the hallway of the dungeon is also filled with screams and the sound of flesh being torn apart.

I swallowed. Perhaps I will not only be fighting the snowy storm; I'll also be fighting a battle tonight that is not mine.

“Evadne!” A voice called my name, and I don’t know if it’s real or just a fragment of my desperation. I remained on the floor, still chained to the wall.

I think I’ll be dying with the Blackwind Pack tonight.

The storm I spotted earlier happens not to be just a storm. It was the Alpha King’s army approaching, ready to sweep the en