When Desiree stopped fighting against him, Malcolm guided her back to the carriage. They went back far enough to get away from the smoke and allow it to clear.
They found a clearing and waited in the open air. Desiree prepared herself for the worst possible news and began to morn the sister she hadn’t seen in six years. She tried to imagine how the fire got started and how it had spread so far out. She tried to hold out hope that survivors got away and scattered to the safety of nearby packs.
Cara could be alive.
She sniffed back tears, feeling better at the thought.
When the sun began to set, they went back towards the embers of the Sweetkane lands. She walked through small spindles of smoke until she came to what remained of the alpha's house.