THE DEFIANT LUNA

“I have a very bad feeling about this, Xavier,” Rhea muttered.

“Oh come on,” Layla grunted and pushed the door to the cottage open. “We’re not Ice wolves like you and Megan. You’ve lived in the North your whole life and you can decide to sleep outside in the cold. Nothing will happen to you. We would freeze to death if we even thought of it.”

Rhea frowned. “It’s not about the cold guys. That cottage wasn’t there when we passed earlier.”

“And it is now,” Layla sighed. “Guess Selene is actually keeping to her promise of making the final days of this battle worth it for me isn’t she.”

“We can’t keep taking risks like this,” Rhea raised her voice. “Risks like this would eventually cost us our chance of success in the end. We have to think carefully about all the decisions that we’re going to be making rather than rushing into them.”

“What are you implying?” Xavier stared at her. “That I’m rushing into a decision.”

“Because you actually are, Alpha,” Rhea muttered. “You’re putting your life