The storm exploded into pure chaos.
Snow and blood sprayed across the drifts beneath the hooves of the panicked horses as the kidnappers struggled desperately to regain control of their mounts. The sudden, suffocating wave of alpha pheromones had shattered their formation completely. One warhorse bolted sideways into a dense thicket, throwing its rider into the brush. Another reared so violently that the soldier in the saddle lost his stirrups, slipped backward, and crashed heavily into the hard-packed ice below.
Children screamed. Men shouted orders that were instantly torn away by the howling wind.
