Elena
****Nightfall — The Ravine of Bones******
The air changed first.
Not the sky. Not the ground.
The air.
It thickened, heavy and damp, pressing against my lungs like an unspoken warning. I felt it before the guards did, before the horns sounded, before the shadows began to move. This wasn’t surprise.
This was confirmation.
I had been waiting for her.
Wolves across the camp reacted instantly. Heads lifted. Bodies tensed. Weapons were drawn without orders. Finn stirred against my side, a low sound vibrating in his chest like a restrained growl. Fia sat up sharply, her small fingers digging into my sleeve, eyes unfocused.
“She’s close,” she said quietly.
Not afraid.
Certain.
I didn’t ask who.
“I know,” I murmured, pulling both twins closer. My voice was steady, even as my pul
