ARIA
Every wolf around us surged forward, mine included, and I had to fight to push her down. The air felt tight and wrong.
The whole situation was strange, but that didn’t mean we should attack without thinking. I opened my mouth to speak, but the woman only lifted her brows, calm and unbothered.
“Our witches knew you were coming,” she said. “They have names, but they couldn’t see why you were coming. Only that you would need guidance. Shift if it makes you feel safer.”
He didn’t move.
“You have seers among you,” Kael said. His voice was flat, careful. “I’ve heard of them. Never met one.”
“I think you’ll meet this one,” the woman replied. “Just not today. And maybe not on this journey. She doesn’t live with us. She comes and goes. Though I think she knows more than she shares.” A
