ly slept. My dream, if it was one, still clung to me like smoke: fire licking the trees, a blood moon hanging low in the sky, and wol

e. The air felt different. Heavy. Tense. It

e shadows as I walked to

ha Caden sent

king us. We can't k

. The blood mo

range dream and the elders' odd behavior, I had been on edge. Something was shifting.

re seen as too weak, too emotional, too... expendable. We were meant t

lately filled

ir shifts. There were quiet talks of strengthening the border spells and old

rs train-a habit from my youth. It made me feel less powerless

eth, the lead warrior, as he pivoted, muscles rippling, sweat g

familiar wolves-cloaked figures with silve

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ng to Beta Rowan

pounding, crouching lo

l warning," one of the cloaked w

ollowed the terms. The border holds.

our young ones have been seen nea

ge?" Elder Garrek stepped forwa

're here to prepare you. The

l three men

eath

ontinued. "Caden won't let the prophecy slip into enemy

no 'she.' Go back to your Alpha and

rned and vanished into the

ed there

talking

my shoulder that flared during the last moon cycle. The whispers I heard after tr

s I, r

ve time to

ted, I climbed onto the roof of the Assembly Hall, hidden by the thick branches of a

ic said. "The Moonblade P

cy?" someone asked. I reco

ere. The signs point to it. The Bl

Miriam w

art r

ening. Her wolf will rise soon, and whe

ho she is," Rowan said.

cret. Hide her in plain sight. If the Moonblade Alpha takes

nce

will be the spark. Or the blade

ep that nigh

anymore. I was a pawn in someth

lt it. A flicker

i

nd muffled, like a heart

sk her what I should do.

s al

injured warriors-but everyone was on edge. The air was thick with tension. The younger pups whis

ashed me a smile, but her eyes didn't match

been dreaming,"

ze. "

fire and

llowe

ut mine didn't come true." She tu

from the northern hills. It wrappe

we he

owl. Not from

nbl

were

elders stood at the edge of the sacred grounds, eyes ra

shadows, heart racing, as

-

I knew I couldn't stay invisible forev

nbl

hts

a

uld burn, and I w