Kael’s POV
The air was thick with the scent of sweat, blood, and the echoes of battle. The forest had fallen into an eerie silence, the chaos of the fight now replaced by a haunting stillness. I stood next to Serena, watching as the pack began to regroup, tending to their wounded and securing the area. The moon hung high above us, casting a pale light over the clearing as if to mark the end of the fight, and the beginning of something else.
Serena had been a force to be reckoned with. I had always known she was strong, but what she had shown tonight... it was something beyond anything I could have imagined. The power she had unleashed, the strength in her spirit—it was like nothing I had ever seen before.
Her amber eyes met mine, and for a brief moment, the world seemed to narrow down t
