With the rise of each day, the pack felt renewed energy and purpose. The gathering was also strengthening their bonds; therefore, it filled Blair with joyous pride to behold her packmates enter training with zeal, all enhanced by their shared experience of confronting their fears. Yet, underneath the merrymaking lingers sour fear-the knowledge that the dark force is still out there, lurking in shadows for the right time to strike.
Blair stood at the edge of their territory, gazing across the canopy of trees. The trees gazed above, tall and unmoving, with the branches lightly swaying in the breeze, and still, she had an itch of discomfort on her mind. Heaving a sigh, she twisted back toward camp when she spotted Kade striding earnestly toward her.
"Blair, can we talk?" Kade asked, voice e
