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I nodded and ran toward the boy and the older man, mind spinning as another loud crash shook the room.
Was the hopeful little boy going to be yet another casualty?
We arrived just as Alpha Blackwood opened his arms and the little boy leaped at him.
But as the older man pulled him in for a hug, the relic let out a loud caw, and Finn's yellow eyes went wide.
His skin began to ripple, and my heart stuttered.
"Hurry, Jaiel," I demanded as the boy's skin began shifting into something with wide, golden scales.
He nodded, then leaned close and exhaled over the alpha and the boy.
I stared with relief as the frantic shifting of the small body calmed and settled back into that familiar rambunctious form.
"Is he okay?" Tye growled, appearing behind my shoulder with two more pups under his arms.
I nodded as Jaiel did his magic on them.
"How'd you get in there?" Alpha Blackwood asked Finn.
"My hiding place." Finn smiled, glancing at Tye. "It's actually a tunnel hidden in one of the guest rooms. The stone wall opens up if you know the trick." He looked down and frowned. "When that mage said you'd all be dead soon, I couldn't sit still any longer! So, I snuck back in to help."
Alpha Blackwood let out a sharp laugh. "It was a terrible risk, but you may have just saved us, Kiddo."
I winced as another large crash shook the room, and this time, stones fell from the bulging frame of the main entrance.
The roused people may be safe, but the rest were still in danger until we used Jaiel's charisma to heal them.
"This may be as many as we can save," Jaiel grunted. I looked over to see him leaning against the stone wall. Slim dark shadows leaked from his eyes and twisted themselves around him.
Fuck! He was out of charisma to keep the monster at bay, and we were running out of options.
caaAAAAAWwww
I searched the rafters for that fucking relic. We had to stop it so everyone could go back to normal.
It had moved to perch far above us, and its milk-white eyes went wide as it met mine. As if taunting me, it opened its beak and let out a loud caw that sent the berserking wolves around us howling.
Gritting my teeth, I slipped the ring free from my finger and passed it to Alpha. "Get these people out of here and head to Dragon's Peak. Give this to their leader and tell him I said this ring is his in exchange for taking you in."
"The dragon village?" Alpha Blackwood said, brown eyes wide. "I suppose that might work. Tensions have been high for a few years, but we've gotten along well enough in the past." He looked to Finn. "You take the lead and show everyone where the tunnel is."
The little boy's chest puffed as he nodded and led the survivors down the stone staircase. Alpha Blackwood stubbornly stayed at the top of the stairs, his arms crossed against his chest.
I cocked a brow, but he shook his head. "I'm not leaving without all my people."
"Fine," I bit out. "Then help me kill that damn relic."
The man's eyes burned, and his lips curled into a deadly smile. "With pleasure."
"Do you have any weapons or something else we could use?" Jaiel asked.
Alpha Blackwood shook his head. "I don't think so. All of them were stored away for the festival."
Damn. I'd been racking my brain for a way to kill the relic, but it was just too far away without a crossbow or the like.
"Jaiel," Tye said, voice rough. "Could you climb those pipes?"
