Elder Iris POV
When I heard steps behind the cave, I put down my walking stick. It hurt like it hadn't hurt in fifty years, my heart. Those weren't tamed lions coming after us; I knew those dogs could walk anywhere.
"Caleb?" I whispered it, almost afraid to believe it.
The young wolf came out of the cave through the back door, but something was very wrong. His silver-blue eyes went back and forth between being normal and that awful controlled light. He was using all of his strength to fight the mind control at all costs.
"Elder Iris!" he screamed and fell to his knees. "I can't..." I can't hold it much longer. The First Shadow's power is getting stronger."
All fifteen of us pressed deeper into the cave as Caleb crawled inside. Blood dripped from his nose from the effort of fighting the control. I'd seen this before, decades ago, and it meant only one thing - we were running out of time.
"Where's Lily?" Brock ordered, grabbing his brother's shoulders.
