Chapter 109 Rogues

• It was dark out and the majority of the pack members were still busy at the party. Serena walked the darkened streets of Night Sky territory without any concern.
• The threat was removed, and there had never been any attacks in the village. The hospital was a few blocks away, and the walk was quick enough. There would be plenty of nurses and hospital staff there too. It felt unusually dark that night. Serena shivered a little in the cold. She clutched her shawl around her tighter, but the shiver wasn’t coming from outside. It was something under her skin.
• Serena paused in her walking. She listened harder to her surroundings. She couldn’t hear anything but the sound of dead leaves scraping across the pavement in a nighttime breeze. Shivering again, she started walking, faster this time. The noises from the party faded and Serena could see the lights from the hospital just around a corner. She quickened her step again, unable to shake the feeling of someone watching her. Just before turning the corner, she stepped again. She closed her eyes, sniffing the air as the wind swept by. She caught the scent of some wolves. It was unfamiliar to her. Turning around, Serena saw them approaching in the shadows. Three were in wolf form, but two were in human form. Even with her sharp, night vision, she couldn’t see their features as they kept themselves hidden in the darkest shadows out of the beams of light from the hospital. “Hello?” she asked. “Who is there?”