Elena
*****Early Dawn — Beneath the Blood Moon*****
The wind shifted.
It carried ash.
Not from our battlefield, from far away.
From Silverfang.
I closed my eyes for a heartbeat, fighting the wave of panic rising in my chest.
“That’s where we lived,” Finn whispered. “Isn’t it?”
Chase swallowed hard. “Yes.”
Fia pressed her face into my shoulder. “I can hear them crying.”
Lucian looked down at her sharply. “How many?”
She trembled. “So many. They’re trapped. The fire is everywhere.”
Chase let out a broken sound. “She’s burning my people alive.”
Lucian gave him a sideways glance. “Congratulations. You finally understand what kind of enemy you married.”
“I never married her.”
“You crowned her,” Lucian snapped. “Same thing.”
Finn stepped forward, his silver glow brightening. “We
