Ariana
The cold wind moved through the trees as Mira and I stood at the edge of the cliff.
Below us, the lands stretched far into the distance, forests, rivers, villages, and the many pack territories that once felt far beyond my reach.
But now everything looked different. The world looked smaller. Or maybe I had become stronger.
The golden power inside me was no longer wild and broken.
It was alive, I could feel it flowing quietly through my body like warm fire.
For the first time in my life, I was not afraid of the strength inside me.
Nyx had taught me how to feel it, how to call it and how to control it.
The pain was still there, deep in my body after the brutal training, but it no longer frightened me.
That pain had become proof. Proof that I was no longer
