Below their ridge, the vanguard of Alpha Hudson’s ten thousand armored wolves came surging around the bend.
"He's crazy," Jill wept softly, her hands shaking as she watched her brother from the high trail. "He's going to fight an entire army alone!"
"He's buying time for the sanctuary," Ted said, his voice grave, heavy, and full of grim respect. "He knows every minute he holds that pass is another minute the townspeople have to reach the caves."
A horn blew from the ridge—a raw, terrifying war signal that echoed across the crags.
Through the mist, I watched Nash lift his broadsword, his dark Alpha aura exploding outward in a visible wave of pressure that made the pine trees sway. He drove his spurs into his warhorse's flanks, plunging straight down the steep incline directly into the f
