l's
no matter how far he ran or how deeply he bathed in the cold streams
at the edges as dusk crept in. It had been days-maybe weeks-since he'd last slept wit
er wanted
n d
with stories of balance and ancient laws. Kael remembered sitting at their father's feet, listening to
ed at those ta
t their father died-ripping it from their uncle's throat and marking the sto
with fear. And Rian ha
nizable. The old laws shattered. The weak hunted, not
a coward. When he defended a human child cau
allenged R
human enough not to kill his brother.
, he wa
to live. Especially not
rface of his skin. The shift was always close now-closer than it used to be. Eve
n his chest, taut and strange. He hadn't
i
, pine, something warm and human. Bu
ed him, he had
lt reco
him more than any w
she was part of the prophecy their father spoke
a reckoning. A bond not meant to happe
Moon
ge, nestled in the mist. For the first time in months,
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was dange
ike him didn't g
got h