Selene’s POV
The road east was never meant to be walked again.
Not since the treaty. Not since the Spiral War ended with blood and silence. The Deadlands had been sealed by every pack that survived—and forgotten by every pup born after.
But I remembered.
The second I crossed the border, the Spiral flared beneath my skin.
Welcoming me home.
Behind me, Kade stayed quiet. He hadn’t tried to talk me out of it—not after what we saw. Not after Lira’s confirmation.
Graeven had opened the gates to Hollowfang.
He’d burned our home from the inside.
And now he waited in the one place built to end everything.
The place where the Spiral began.
We didn’t bring the others.
I’d told the remaining wolves to rebuild, to bury the dead, to defend what was left.
This war was no longer theirs.
Thi
