The scream tore through the eastern training grounds just before dawn.
Steel clanged against stone. Warriors froze mid-spar. The wind itself seemed to recoil as a violent surge of power exploded through the compound.
Rowan felt it instantly.
His head snapped up, chest tightening as a familiar, terrifying presence flooded the air.
Ivy.
He abandoned the council chamber without a word, boots pounding across the marble corridors as panic clawed its way through him. Guards tried to stop him. He shoved past them. Elders shouted. He ignored them all.
By the time he reached the training grounds, chaos had erupted.
Three warriors lay sprawled across the stone, groaning in pain. Another slammed into a pillar so hard the granite cracked. Wolves snarled, half-shifted, circling a single figure i
