The Temple Beneath
The path to Solas was cloaked in fog and whispers.
Raine walked in silence, her fingers brushing over her swollen belly, heart beating faster with every step toward the ruins that might demand everything. Trees twisted above the pack’s path, their branches like skeletal fingers grasping at the red sky. The Blood Moon was rising slowly, day by day, bleeding more into the heavens. Time was running out.
Kael walked beside her, ever-watchful, his hand never far from hers. The First Alpha moved behind them like a walking nightmare, massive and silent. The rest of the Moon Blood warriors followed closely, scarred but loyal. Each one had seen what Raine had done—what she had become—and they no longer looked at her with doubt.
They looked at her like she was their last chanc
