POV: Araya
The healer's tent stands at the edge of the ruins, one of the few structures still intact. Canvas walls flutter in the cold wind, stained with soot and blood.
Araya approaches slowly, her heart pounding. After everything that just happened, after casting out her family and defeating Serenya, she's finally going to see Jasper.
The wolf who destroyed her. The man her wolf won't stop calling for.
A healer steps out of the tent, an older woman with gray streaks in her brown hair. She startles when she sees Araya.
"You," the healer says. Recognition and fear war on her face. "You're the rejected Luna."
"I am," Araya confirms. "I need to see Jasper."
The healer hesitates. "He's dying. The wounds are too severe. Burns cover most of his body. His eyes..." She trails off, unable t
