Chapter 42: Destruction of the Many

Ava

We both instantly shift, changing into wolves, and race away back to the compound. It seems to take an eternity for us to find our way back, and already, I can feel the ache returning to my limbs.

Though I can now shift, maintaining the form is consuming too much energy.

We exit the forest of trees and find the near edge of the pond covered with bodies and blood. Most of the witches have been taken down by enchanted arrows. These arrows were magically fortified to break through their protective shields.

Some of them have large knife wounds wrought by the swords we had recovered in Step Falls.

We’re both breathing heavily as we gaze around at the destruction, but the battle still rages on the other side of the pond.

Shifters in both human and wolf form clash in a horrendous and bloody struggle. A few witches are clustered together on a distant hill. They don’t seem to be on the offensive but are postured for the defense on whatever lay inside their circle.