Drave

ced as he walked beside Lyra, the air thick with the tension between them. The rogue's body lay forgotten behind them,

t just walk

couldn't

urmoil brewing inside her, the constant battle between wanting to fight the prophecy

she asked suddenly, her voic

ed to understand the prophecy fully. It's the

e just too late?" Lyra's voice wavered slightly, betraying her

rning to face her. "We w

a way to defy something so deeply ingrained in their bloodlines? Som

a said quietly, looking up at the sky

g hers. "But maybe it doesn't have to. We mi

im, her eyes sea

No one did. But what he did know was that they couldn't giv

spite the uncertainty he felt. "A place where we

eyebrow. "And

ncient wolves-the Altar of the Moon. It's where the first

"You think we can fi

ncertainty creeping into his thoughts. "But

a asked, her voice

same thing we do. But they want to control it. They wan

reath hitching. "And

have a chance to break the pr

eyes fierce with determination. "Then we

It was the first time she had spoken with co

He knew the cost of defying the prophecy, the ris

ould be

a's

rees loomed over them like dark sentinels, and the shadows stretched long across the groun

connection to Kael intensifying. His emotions, his thoughts, they pressed against her

," Kael said, his voice

ists at her sides.

d, stopping in his tra

he could feel him. And it wasn't just the bond anymore. It was their wolves. The

l deep inside her, the insatiable hunger to embrace

t

id of, Lyra?" Kael's voic

"I'm afraid that if we go through with this, there will be no

eight of their shared fate. "You're not alone i

at if I'm the one who has to

dness in his eyes she couldn't ignore. "The

the Moon, the more they risked. They were playing with fire-treading the f

ow casting long shadows on the ground, e

price they wou