Chapter 72
Viona's POV
Edenvale's campus glowed with a brilliance I had never seen before. The grand banners of the 100th anniversary swayed proudly in the night breeze, and golden lanterns lit up the wide courtyard where students and faculty gathered. Everyone was dressed in their finest attire, laughter and chatter ringing through the evening like music.
I dressed in a sleek, silver gown, and entered the celebration with little expectation. For me, it was just another formal gathering, another reminder of my presence in this world of humans and wolves mingling under hidden veils. Still, the atmosphere hummed with something unusual tonight-an energy I couldn't quite place.
I felt it the moment I crossed the archway draped in ivy: the subtle shift in whispers, the fleeting stares, the
