Dante's Pov

We set up camp behind a cluster of rocks about a quarter mile from the fortress. Everyone was exhausted and scared and I could see doubt in their eyes. What had happened in the pass had shaken them badly.

I watched Darius sit apart from the group staring at the fortress. He had not spoken much since his transformation and I knew he was struggling with what he had become.

Connor approached me looking nervous. "We need to talk."

"About what?"

"About the Alpha. About what he turned into back there."

"He shifted. That is what wolves do."

"That was not a normal shift and you know it....