My paws tore over frozen ground. Glass and sharp stones opened the pads, but the cold barely registered beside the broken bond in my chest. *Find her. Find her. Find her.*
The broken bond gave me no direction. I crossed the pack lands again and again, following scents that ended in snow or belonged to someone else. Selene’s place in my mind stayed silent.
I returned to the shattered window with blood packed between my pads. Elara and the Echo Stone were still inside the hall with the people who had helped me honor her.
I shifted at the threshold, shaking from the force of the change. The Elders backed away, and Loren sat on the floor with both hands over his face.
“Bring her.” The guards moved before the last word left my mouth.
The guards dragged Elara into the hall. Tears covered he
