Perilous Homecoming

~Kaelar~

I was the first to crawl out of the toppled van. Rowena followed me, flanked by Roxy and Blythe who carried the children. My head was pounding, and a small trinkle of blood ebbed down my forehead and into my eyes.

Even with my blurred red vision I could see the faces of my people. Under the blinding streetlight, Kaelgard shifters blocked the road in front of us. People I knew and recogniz