Chapter Fifteen

Pain was something that Smoke had never experienced before in her entire life. She'd heard horror stories about it from Frost when her mother would warn her about doing mousebrained things with her siblings. And when she heard Frost warn them about doing something that could risk their lives, Smoke wanted nothing to do with it.

Nothing could have prepared her for the moment when she was attacked by that intruder. The searing pain that bolted through her never seemed to fade. Her teeth ground together as she struggled to keep herself from wailing at the intensity of the pain.

Her mother was careful not to make the injury worse when she gingerly picked her up. Behind her trailed Luna and Dusk as they moved through the undergrowth at a fast pace. Frost wanted tor each the Clans before Smoke bled out on her. She had already lost a great deal of blood, and Frost was worried that her injuries would get infected if they weren't treated right away.

"Mamma, aren't the creatures going to eat us