603 Fell Away

The wolves bared their teeth, snarling at her.

Ashleigh swallowed and clenched her jaw.

“You took her offer,” she whispered. Then lowered her head. “A part of me hoped that there was still a chance Lily was wrong about you.”

The wolves snarled again; one snapped its jaws.

Ashleigh turned her body, placed her hands down into the snow, and got on her knees to face them.

“You were each once proud Alphas of Winter,” she growled back at them. “But now you make deals with our enemy.”

One of the three took a step toward her.

“If you think I will just stand back and allow you to take my body….”

Her eyes began to glow with the bright light of the moon.

Though he did not step back, one of the alphas stopped growling at the sight.

The second alpha stepped toward her.

“I gave you a chance to redeem yourselves….” Ashleigh whispered. Her voice was low and echoing with another. “Do not blame me for doing what must be done.”