Jade’s POV
The flames from the bonfire licked the sky, casting golden light across the open field behind Crescent High. Music pulsed through the speakers, a rhythmic thump that reverberated through my bones. Wolves danced, laughed, and drank around the flickering fire, the scent of roasted meat and alcohol thick in the air.
Ashley had dragged me here.
“It’ll be good for you,” she’d insisted. “You need to loosen up.”
Part of me agreed. After everything—the Moon Ball, the library storm, Hunter’s confusing behavior—I needed to breathe. To be someone other than the bullied Omega . So I came, telling myself I could handle it.
But now, I wasn’t so sure.
I stood at the edge of the crowd, arms folded tightly over my chest, my gaze flickering from face to face. Ashley had gone to grab us drin
