Kora’s POV
The night stretched long, the firelight dancing on stone walls, shadows flickering like restless spirits. Sleep wouldn’t come. My mind spun too fast, my body too tense. Every time I closed my eyes, I imagined Aaron’s smirk in the dark, his voice winding through the cliffs.
I wrapped Edward’s cloak tighter around me, though it wasn’t the cold that unsettled me—it was the knowing. He was out there. Somewhere in the vast wilderness of the mountains, Aaron was watching, waiting.
The pack had scattered in small groups, some sleeping against the rocks, others standing guard at the edges of the overhang. Edward was awake still, leaning against a boulder not far from me, his eyes fixed on the shadows beyond the fire. He hadn’t spoken much since we set camp, but his silence wasn’t fro
