Henry couldn’t speak. The air was being completely pulled from his lungs, and suddenly everything around him went dark. He slipped into the darkness that was pulling at him so fiercely, and he could hear the commander’s voice calling him, wishing he could respond, but he couldn’t.

John called the other wolves to watch over the camp; it made no sense to leave them around Henry while he was losing consciousness.

“Supreme Alpha, wouldn’t it be better to call a healer?” ...