The forest was eerily silent after the battle. The tension still lingered in the air, thick and suffocating. Alyssa wiped the sweat from her brow, her grip tightening around the dagger in her hand. The High Priestess may have retreated, but her words echoed in Alyssa’s mind.
The full moon approaches. And when it rises… your fate will be sealed.
Kade exhaled heavily, his eyes locked on the darkened woods where the Lunar Order had disappeared. His wolf form slowly receded, muscles shifting and bones cracking as he morphed back into his human form. He rolled his shoulders, the fresh scars on his arms and chest already beginning to heal.
“We can’t stay here,” he said, his voice edged with urgency. “They’ll regroup and return with reinforcements.”
Alyssa turned to Lucian, who was sheathing
