They stared out into the dark sea of shuffling shadows.
“Do we really need to kill them all?” Caleb asked quietly.
Ashleigh swallowed.
‘Leshy meant what it said,’ Lily whispered. ‘Though some of these wolves are not far enough gone that they couldn’t be saved… if they are still here when the dawn breaks… Leshy has the power to destroy all of the wolves, good or bad.’
Ashleigh sighed.
“Lily says… the Leshy will kill us all if we don’t.”
Caleb lowered his head, clenching his jaw.
He was a warrior, a leader… but now he was being asked to be an executioner.
“We don’t have a choice Caleb,” Ashleigh whispered. “I don’t like it either, but we don’t have a choice.”
Caleb sighed and pulled her close, kissing the top of her head.
“I know, Ash.”
They stayed together for the first hour, fighting their every instinct to complete the task they were given. Then, when the sound of the hybrid rang out from the forest, Caleb was the one that chased after it.
