Chapter 37

Aria's POV

We have maybe six hours before the Eastern Pack arrives. Six hours to prepare defenses in a place we just discovered yesterday.

"Get everyone to the back chambers," Drogo orders. "Warriors at the entrance. Archers on the ledges above."

People scramble. The wounded are moved deeper into the caves. Children are crying. Their mothers try to keep them quiet but fear makes everything louder.

I help position supplies near the entrance. Water, extra weapons, medical supplies. Everything we might need for a siege.

Derek finds me dragging a crate of arrows. "You should be in the back with the others."

"I'm staying at the entrance."

"Aria—"...