Chloe's POV
Nobody moved for a long moment after Kael finished speaking.
"The next full moon is in two nights," I said finally, my voice sounding strange and distant to my own ears. "The same night Silverpine reaches the wall."
Theron's eyes met mine across the table, and I watched the same terrible calculation happening behind them that was happening behind mine.
"They know about the ritual," I said slowly. "They know it's tied to the moon. They're not just marching to fight us. They're marching to arrive exactly when we're most vulnerable, when whatever's left of the curse is unraveling and neither of us has finished changing."
"That's speculation," Darius said, though he didn't sound like he believed his own objection. He braced both hands against the table, studying the map like i
