Edward raced through the woods as fast as his legs could take him, and Eai, Alpha Zayn, and Alpha Chado tried to keep up. He wanted to run faster, but he had to consider the strength of the others with him. Eai could keep up, but the others who were older couldn’t. Yes, they had feasted on the flesh of the guard after being released, but they were still far from recovering from the many months of being locked up and having their werewolf abilities suppressed.

He didn’t know where he was running to, as the forbidden forest was a nightmare puzzle to solve, but they had to run. The...