After the feral wolves had followed the refugees and forced the gates of Winter to be sealed, Axel and Corrine spent the precious hours that followed organizing their available forces. Radios were passed out, and they were divided into small groups. Spread out at varying distances inside the border.
They did not have enough of their warriors left within Winter to properly defend against an all-out assault by the hybrids and feral wolves.
Axel knew that it was only a matter of time before the wall they had built would fall. The reports from the guards at the gate told of several monstrous creatures that stood on two legs and looked almost human.
Their hands and feet were elongated, ending in clawed fingers and toes. Their backs were stretched and hunched, and their nose and mouth jutted forward into a snout of sharp, overgrown teeth.
