The scent of blood permeated the surrounding area as the remaining warriors fought as the last defense. The territory had been heavily sieged by larger feral shifters and, though the warriors were skilled, size and strength were a huge advantage in battle. I looked around at my shadow with worry. We were sizeable, but nothing compared to the larger communities that could have taken this sort of attack. I knew I should have told those idiots from the council to move faster. We could have been and had the meeting by now. Our forces would have been reinforced and instead, they were stationed at the Black Sun pack lands. For...