All Chapters of Dark Wolf King (Wolves Of The Night Book 3): Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Kodan and I escorted Baltser through the halls of the Fortress, to the soldier’s quarters where Kannis gasped in shock and relief. He thanked us profusely before ushering Baltser inside their small, homey quarters.“I need to discuss this with Lonzo,” I said as we strode back toward the stadium. “The Fae know we’re in Cruora, and they’re angry about it. The border attack was carefully planned — not random. I doubt we would’ve survived if not for our moonstone swords.”“They’ll be looking for us when we leave,” Kodan agreed. “We need to be prepared.”“How is that even possible?” I asked. Anxiety climbed into my throat. “Who knows how many Fae will be waiting for us when we leave. Or if they’ve already made their way to Duskmoon, or Efra. What if we’re too late?”“Reyna.” Kodan stopped. We stood in the hallway leading to the stadium. It was dim and quiet. Kodan placed both hands on my shoulders. “Thinking that way does us no good. Baltser told us what we already knew — that the Fae are

With a bow, Parlan motioned for me to enter the cave.The smithy was much larger than I expected: vast and wide, with soaring ceilings, and chimneys cut through the rock to free the smoke from the work. Despite the ventilation it was still raging hot from the large fires - eagles worked the bellows and pulled swords from the heat to better mold them. Lynx waved me over to the table where he and Aerika had a spread of weaponry before them. Aerika looked exhausted, but she was smiling. Her hair was pulled up and off her face, and she was dressed in a loose, sweat-stained shirt, with soot marking her arms and caught under her fingernails. Lynx was a bit wild-eyed, and his hair was crusty with dried sweat, but he looked pleased to see me.“We’re wrapping up getting the rest of the materials we need,” Lynx said. He nodded toward the eagles still working on swords, daggers, spears, and other weapons. “But here’s an idea of what we have to arm the soldiers.”“This is incredible,” I said, awe

He attempted to take control of Bozhin, but it was futile. The spell did nothing, and Bozhin rolled with the attack like water off a duck’s back. Bozhin pinned the Fae to the ground. He shrieked and struggled under the immense talon, but it was futile. Bozhin gripped the Fae’s head in his beak and ripped it off. Then, with a roar, he whirled around to face the remaining Fae. He lifted up onto his clawed back legs and flapped his enormous wings. The fog dispelled under the force of the wind.The battlefield exploded into action. Bozhin grapped a Fae in his talons and chucked him aside - the man’s body crashed into a tree trunk, and he fell, motionless. I stalked forward, sword drawn, until I was at Bozhin’s side. Kodan was at his other side. We stared down the Fae. Then, Kodan shouted and lunged forward, burying her blade in a Fae’s gut.Chaos descended. I lost track of where anyone else was. The sound of battle surrounded me as eagles and wolves charged the Fae. All I could think abou

“Yes, we can,” Kodan said. “General Bozhin is working with us, not for us. That Fae nearly took control of one of his soldiers. If he wishes to try to wring information out of him, I’m not going to stop him.”“But we should,” I said, even though I knew this was a losing argument. I knew that Kodan was right. “We shouldn’t allow torture in our ranks.”“And we won’t,” Kodan said. “But he’s not in our ranks.”I rubbed my temples and exhaled hard.Kodan said, “This is wartime, your Highness. This is how things are.”“I won’t stand for it again,” I said quietly. “This won’t be something the wolves allow.”She nodded. “I agree.”As we finished packing up the campsite, my wolf still knocked against my ribs, hungry to be set free. It was the fighting, the anger, the disrespect — she wanted to come forth and prove her strength. Bozhin didn’t think I could lead, or fight. He thought I was a weakling, or a traitor. The general wouldn’t think that if I got my fangs close to his throat. I needed t

Adora dropped down onto the log I was seated on and knocked her shoulder against mine. “I can feel your wolf again,” she said.I leaned against her. “Doesn’t surprise me.”“I know it’s hard,” she said. “You want to go straight to him, don’t you?”“Of course,” I said with a small smile. “Do you feel the same?”“What?” Adora asked. “About Elias? Of course not. You don’t think I hold any feelings from the Choice, do you? Because that’s mad. I know when I first arrived--”I interjected with a laugh and patted her knee. “No, not about Elias. About Kodan.”Adora’s face turned red faster than I’d ever seen someone flush. The color even turned her ears pink. “What? I mean--Well--I--”I laughed again. “Come on.”Adora huffed and turned her attention to the fire. “Well, yes, it’s hard to watch her run off on these spy missions. Even though I know she’s good at it.”“She is,” I said, “and I expect she’ll be more careful, now.”“Why’s that?”“Because she has something to return to.” I squeeze Ado