The air inside Elias’s pack’s headquarters felt colder than usual. I could feel it even before I stepped past the threshold—like a shift in the atmosphere that made everything seem... off. I didn’t know why, but I had this gut feeling that something was wrong. I tried to push it out of my mind, focusing instead on the steps ahead.
The large doors creaked as I entered, and a few of Elias’s warriors eyed me cautiously from across the hall. They were always so calculating, always watching. It had never bothered me before, but today, it seemed more intense. I couldn’t explain why I felt like I was walking into the eye of a storm.
Elias had gone off to handle some of his pack’s internal matters, so I was left alone. At least, that’s what I thought. But as I made my way deeper into the compoun
