Chapter 29: Glow

Edgar's heart sank at the news of Elaine being taken hostage. He clenched his fists, rage burning in his eyes. He knew he had to rescue her, no matter the cost.

"Brandon, we need to gather men and come up with a plan to save Elaine," Edgar said, his voice filled with determination.

Brandon nodded, his face filled with pain but also a flicker of hope.

"I know a few wolves who are skilled in tracking and combat. We can gather them and devise a strategy to infiltrate Jon's hideout." Lewis said as he too felt the need to want to save his Alpha.

As they made their way out of the ruined pack house, Edgar's mind raced with thoughts of Sapphire's safety. He couldn't bear the thought of her being held captive by Skylar a man that had no conscience and can do anything to harm her.

With passing thought, Edgar’s vowed to himself to keep her safe and that’s exactly what he’ll do. He would stop at nothing to bring Elaine back, it may not be easy, but he was willing to risk everything for the woman he loved.

“But first we have to look for survivors of this fire” Brandon said as he tried to stand properly with his wounded leg.

“Lewis, I need you to go back to your pack house and get the best men, meet me back here in a day while I and Brandon go find what’s remaining of this pack” Edgar said and Lewis bowed his head slightly.

“Yes, my Lord” he said and walked away.

“Edgar, what happened at the council meeting?” Brandon said immediately after Lewis left.

“I was able to get them to dismiss Skylar and make me head of council, but its worth nothing now that Elaine’s nowhere to be found” Edgar said looking very sad and downcast.

“We’ll find her, besides she’s a strong woman and she can handle herself” Brandon said trying to make him feel better.

“How didn’t we think this through? How were we so blind to the fact that Skylar knew our plan” Edgar said contemplatively.

“She figured it out, but by then it was too late to evade the attack” Brandon said his voice stronger, he was getting better with his wounds healing slowly.

“What do you mean by that? How did she figure it out” Edgar said a little bit confused as he found it hard to understand what Brandon meant.

“I don’t know how she did it but she had an outburst, she glowed bright like the sun, it wasn’t like anything I’ve seen before, her blue eyes more fierce than ever. The human hounds were very distracted like she pit them all in a daze, which made it possible for our people to escape” Brandon said looking confused.

“What do you mean by putting them in a daze?” Edgar said wanting to find out more.

“For some moments, they stopped moving and turned to look into the bright light, it gave us the time to slit their throats and the others an opportunity to run away” Brandon said.

“And how did some of the soldiers die? They were just too many of them we were only able to kill a handful and after Lady Elaine’s light died down, she passed out and Jon was able to take her on top of his horse and ride away. She did what she could to save the people” Brandon concluded.

“And we will do all we can to save her” Edgar said staring into blank space that he left her vulnerable and now she was paying the price for his