Thorne

light. I was gently applying a cooling herbal poultice to her forehead wh

end of it? My mother is furious. You had bet

tween mates. He used it like a weapon, a leash to jerk whenever he felt his control slipping. Once,

enetrable, rising within my mind. I poured all my will, all my newfound re

the severed link. I could almost hear his

o block me?* His mental voice w

all firm, and with a final act of wi

le

s the first time in six years that I was truly, completely alone

forest that marked the edge of our territory. I couldn't st

y father I'd never had cause to use. I dialed the only numbe

lpha of the neighboring Silvermoon

ed at the funeral. I've been so worried." He

ckly explained the situation with Cora, with Sabina, with my growing

d without hesitation

legend, really. About a true Healer. Not a pack doctor who learns from books, but someone

her voice was serious. "Elara... you're talking about *him*. The Wanderi

h an intensity that surprised even me. "If there is a one-i

he stories say... they say his price is steep. He does

spered, my gaze falling on my sleep

ctions with the old wolves, the nomads. If anyone knows how to find a myth, it's th

tling in my heart. "But he's about to

For the first time in days, a tiny, fragile

meditation. A sudden tremor in the world's spiritual fabric c

named Kian Vance, was instantly at his

ok at his Beta. His gaze was fixed on a point in the

a low, resonant bass. "The whisper

eyes, ancient and powerful, seemed to see across the vast expanse, t

he essentials. I needed a plan. I needed an opportuni

tral event, held on the borderlands, where all the local pac

. A plan was beginning to for