Ava's POV

A hand held me up and I looked and it was Adele.

"Adele," I felt a little unsteady on my feet and swayed to steady my weight. "When did you get here?"

"Just now." Adele grabbed my arm, her eyes full of worry. "I wasn't at practice, and our place was attacked."

Is it?

So this one was a pre-planned surprise attack?

The leader on the other side, seeing the growing number of rescuers, shouted with a wave of his hand.

"Retreat!"

In an instant, several smoke bombs exploded from all directions, and the forest was a white mist. The wolves that were attacking just now neatly stopped...