of the Direfang Mountains, a place untouch

, cloaked, and shadowed by the biting winds. He was a man, and not a man.

was Dar

ronhowl Pack. Once

e eyes of the Counci

, the spiri

ned hi

or in the old earth. His wolf st

e murmured, voice like grav

ophecy to tell hi

as co

-

ge of the Wyrdlands, eyes sharp, her wounds

oot, finally asleep. His body needed res

the silver eyes and the kill

h

becoming. The mark hadn't gone unnoticed-it gl

r in her bones. But als

s a ti

hers knew sh

ong before word

Keep moving," she whispere

s already

-

ed a moss-covered temple ruin. Beneath its stone arches knelt a woman in

il, Seer of

oulder and whispered in a

list

e

rl was

bloodline h

ursed moon wo

ew a rune in the dirt with powdered bone, t

ound t

aos, betrayal, wolves ripping into w

like ice, glowing

" Eira whispered. "And when she lea

-

edge of the Wyrdl

thing compelled him. Not just the whispers of

n her-in

er-black hair an

vivor of the c

he

that prophecy. From the truth

had no

her before th

.. before

-

intruder before he

dagger in hand, every muscle tense. Thi

hood was down, revealing a rough face with a scar across

m before. But dang

eld her

he

said calmly, stopping j

ood we

now my name?"

e been looki

rom behind the tr

tend to have sharp blad

said, unfazed. "Bu

rowed h

who ar

rmer Alpha. Forme

re you

warn

ated. "Ab

the thing inside you that's going to kill a lot more

nched. "I didn'

sands who'll die if y

oice-cold, sad, bi

n it before

ising. Barely." His eyes darkened.

closer. "T

t the blood on her hands or the fear in h

d, "you won't be able t

one ru

nodde

r beyond the Wyrdlands. A temple the C

ack at Tavi,

ut he co

the boy. "He'll

er my pro

g sil

"So

-

er cover of night, Raven matching Dariu

eventually. "Why not just kil

idn't lo

tly, "I believed in someone

nothing a

-

le of Hollow Flame, a crumbling ruin wrapped in

k pulse with heat

epped

w murals-of wolves with white eyes, of flames devouri

the chamber was

ed it. Her mar

id behind her. "But it was dormant

red at th

t is

tepped b

as sealed here. His spirit is still bo

inched.

looke

r was a Hollow. We a

back

the curse

seer. Rituals.

ook. "And if I c

ll everyon

n at her hands

-

m shattered

surrounded by five wolves-armed, armored, an

them

you are under arrest for bloodline treason,

owled. "B

u're wanted too, exile.

he Hollow mark glowing b

and

y d

-

as c

. Raven shifted mid-leap, her body mov

rved, the beats of her enemies' hearts,

gave

stained red. Three hunters dead.

over him,

," he

red dow

nt... her eyes

grabbed

oug

claws retracted

ped back

what wa

't answer i

lf. And the th

own at the blo

ai

-

Raven sat alone, knees to her chest,

how to stop

sat bes

by not runn

anced

e truth," she whis

us n

e person who knows more than any

ho

d up at