g the Po

but if you're going to follow these wolves, you'll have to tap i

nning of the battle but for the first time she felt almost certain

nted. Lena stood at the center and her breaths making mist in the still cold morning air. Luna Ce

pulling into a faint smile "Good, i w

her shoulders "I didn't c

aked. "But boldness is not enough. The power within you is ancient and prima

the long nights wondering why she wasn't good enoug

expression softening

the earth. The moment Lena sat down, the space around her vibrated as though

, your rage, your love-all of them are the energy. But you have to be careful very much. Onc

if to take a deep breat

," Celeste

What do you mea

uried beneath all the hurt you carry. No more suppression

d. The feelings in her weighted her down-the disapproval, the disgrace, the anger-pin

" she st

ply. "You've carried this pa

mages flooded her mind. Kade's cold eyes as he rejected her and the

those words so often that it now

rberated in the clearing Le

h beneath Lena split, and the runes flared to life, shining with an otherworldly blu

from the chaos and yelled, "You have to c

and a relief from all that she had imprisoned within herself. She

er voice was sharp and infused with an echo o

sten to me, this power is not for destruction

brink. She gazed around at the chaos she had wrought the shatt

han she could sob. She shut her eyes and breat

es paled and only the sound of Lena's ragged breathing

tion, keeping a light hand on her s

head. "I lost c

interrupted. "You held ba

es filled with tears "What if I can't co

. "Then we'll train harder. You're stronger th

g her of the stiffening fear close to her cold. She n

sely. The war is coming Lena, and when it does,

now more determined than ever. "I'll be ready," she

nd Lena knew this was only the beginning. For the first time, she fe

ur of unease stirred among them. Lena was the center but could not make her gaze cross all those waiting for her t