was gray whe

ming with something fierce and new. Every breath tasted of iron and starlight. The forest was di

, she

to her skin. Not the fragile mate mark that had been

d," the voi

't from fear. It was somet

t bowing. She could feel it-the life in the trees, the hidden str

nothing," s

, her wolf didn't whimper. It growled low and str

cracked t

olf-huge, black-furred, scarred from battles long past-steppe

idn't

er scent, he froze, ears flicking back. And then-unbelievably-he

her. Rogues didn't s

you?" she

nt, she swore she saw something human in

e rogue whimpered, retreating into the tree

p, heart pounding. Every

rner of her eye. More wolves

w, she r

feel

ed her-or perhaps s

er mind, but this time, it w

r your Court. The true

dowfang Pack thought they'd broken her. H

dea what they

here the old magic was strongest, where others lik

t to beg for scraps a

o become

in spite of her brokenn

her heart, Aria disappeared into the Wilds, leavi

ad not for

forged