Brittany's POV

When it clears, Rachel is gone.

Alexander grabs us. "Everyone! Fall back! We can't fight blind."

"But Mason and Nora—"

"Are trapped inside. We can't help them if we can't see. We need to regroup."

He's right. Fighting blind would be suicide.

We walk toward the pack house. Exhausted. Defeated.

And now I have to face Alexander in a home that feels more like a battlefield than a ...