Chapter 38: Brothers Divided
Brock POV
I slammed my fist against the cave wall so hard that rocks crumbled to the ground. "We can’t just sit here while Lily and Caleb are out there!"
"Keep your voice down!" Aiden hissed, grabbing my arm. "Do you want the controlled wolves to find us?"
I jerked away from him, my whole body shaking with anger and rage. We’d been hiding in this cramped cave for six hours while our pack members marched around outside with glowing eyes, looking for us like we were criminals.
"They could be dead already," I said, trying to keep my words quiet but failing. "Every minute we waste talking is another minute they’re in danger."
"And charging out there like a crazy person will get us all killed," Aiden shot back. "Then who’s going to save anyone?"
Behind us, the twelve other pack members who’d fled the mind control watched our argument with worried faces. Elder Iris sat against the cave wall, looking older and more tired than I’d ever seen her. Three mothers held their young children close. A handful of teenage wolves gathered together, scared and confused.
This was all that was left of our pack. Fifteen wolves hidden in a cave while hundreds of our friends and family served the First Shadow.
"Brock’s right," said Tom, one of the young wolves. "We should be fighting, not hiding."
"Fighting with what?" Aiden demanded. "We have no tools, no plan, and no idea how to break the mind control. What exactly do you want us to do?"
"Something!" I burst, my control finally snapping. "Anything except sitting here like cowards while our people suffer!"