ARIA POV
My heart was splitting in half hearing my pups crying for me, seeing the disbelief and hurt on their little faces, watching Drake whine like I was tearing his own heart out along with mine.
But we had no choice.
I knew how Jasper’s pack conducted their hunts, and I knew they were far too close to us. Too close to the kids.
When Drake finally turned and sprinted away, I moved too, Kara ripping out of me in one swift, violent motion.
‘I’m not going down without a fight,’ Kara snarled into the marrow of my bones.
And we ran.
We ran with our hearts torn out of our chests and rage burning through the hollow space they had left behind.
The forest tore past us in streaks of black trunks and wet silver leaves, branches slashing against our flanks as Kara forced our body forward t
