267 : The small house

VERENA

“You don’t fucking have to. I don’t care about it. Verena trusts me, that’s more than enough for me.” Carlisle replies. "I'm here to help, not to hinder."

"Yeah, right," Drake scoffs. "We'll see about that."

I step between them, trying to defuse the tension. "Enough," I say, my voice firm. "We have a mission to accomplish here. We need to focus on that, not on our personal grudges."

Reluctantly, they both back down. But the undercurrent of animosity remains a constant threat to our unity.

Ignoring the animosity, I shift into my wolf form, a white, powerful beast. The other warriors follow suit, their forms morphing into a strong army. The men and women from the Moonlight pack join us, their numbers bolstering our ranks.

With a final glance at the gathering storm clouds, we set off, our footsteps a rhythmic drumbeat against the earth.

The forest seems to swallow us as we keep running.he trees, ancient and gnarled, reach towards the sky, their branches intertwining to form a cano