Karina’s team had been making their way back to the pack, the mission mostly successful, with only a few moments of chaos. Karina walked with her team, her thoughts swirling with the weight of her recent visions, especially the one about Tobias. She had kept her focus, but it was getting harder not to let her mind drift back to that terrible image of him infected. The rest of the journey had been uneventful, with each pack they visited either unaffected by the disease or taking swift action to quarantine the infected. But as they neared the Silver Moon territory, something felt off. The air seemed heavier, and the forest was eerily quiet. Suddenly, a series of vicious growls cut through the silence. Karina’s heart pounded as she looked ahead and saw Caius locked in a desperate fight with

