already said closed. Her father had already ordered the town to shut everything down and go to the meeting room. If she had to bet, she would also assume that everyone of the Pack, even on the outskirts of town were already on their way.
She nodded to the Enforcers who had all gathered in front of the Pack house. They quickly assigned duties to each of them. Cloe and Teagan decided that they needed to find out if there were any more of the Rogues in sight. So, each of them were going to shift and in pairs run a certain part of the limits of town. Teagan and Cloe were going to go together.
“I am coming with you.” Darien said firmly and she looked at him surprised. “The rest of my Enforcers will help and we can get this done quicker. I am going to order my wolves to pair up with yours, and to see if they can get a cell signal anywhere out of the city limits, and call the Denver Pack. We are going to need some help.” Cloe nodded in agreement and sent the first two Enforcers off to the east side of town.
While they waited for a report, Teagan got a map of the area and began looking to see if there were a place, they would be able to sneak the humans out if needed. The rest of the Enforcers made a makeshift control center around them, so they were sheltered.
They could have gone into the Pack house but Cloe did not want to scare the rest of the Pack until she had to. The first pair returned and the second left.
They reported the Rogues stationed wolves around the perimeter surrounding the town; they had been unable to see a way to get out without the Rogues seeing them. Whoever they were, they were organized, and they had a lot of wolves. With every team that returned and then went out, they heard the same story. So far, there was no way they would be able to get anyone in or out of the town. It was looking bleak. They were going to have to make a stand, and if the numbers were any indication, they were severely outnumbered.
Cloe, Darien, and Teagan were the last to go out. They headed to the South of town, where her house was. The air around them shimmered when they shifted. If a stranger were looking, they may have thought it was a magic trick. Though how they could explain a wolf stood where a human had just been standing without sounding kinda crazy was impossible. But humans, generally speaking, would try to say anything to let them feel like they had not just seen a shifter. Their minds were just not ready for that yet. Cloe had been impressed when they first shifted. Darien was as big as Teagan and just as beautiful in his wolf form. They were both light brown colored with black streaks running through; her black wolf approved, and was turned on by the sight.
They ran in the trees that bordered the road. When they reached the edge of town, they could see a plume of smoke rising. Cloe growled and took off in a sprint, she knew what she was seeing was her house on fire. Someone had gone into her house and torched it.
It pissed her off. Just before they reached the tree line that surrounded her house, Darien grabbed her by the back of the neck and pulled her down. He could see her house surrounded by men. He knew they were shifters, probably the Rogues they had been searching for. They had made a makeshift command center right in her front lawn.
They were bold.
Using the trees as cover, Darien shifted first and then Teagan and Cloe followed. None of them seemed to care that they were crouched in the trees naked.
“Do you recognize any of them?” She whispered to Darien.
“No, but then we had no idea who we were fighting in the first place.” Darien said quietly.
They watched for a few minutes. Teagan shifted back and ran parallel to them, trying to see if there was a way to get around the Rogues. When he returned he just shook his head and remained in wolf form. Darien and Cloe shifted back and they returned to the Pack house.
“Well, this is going to really suck.” Cloe said after she had dressed
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