Morning came slowly to Ravenridge.
A pale gray light crept through the towering pines, but it did little to lift the heavy atmosphere hanging over the pack grounds. The events of the night had spread like wildfire. Everywhere Lena walked, conversations hushed. Eyes followed her.
Some filled with curiosity.
Others with fear.
And a few with something far more complicated—hope.
Lena felt it all.
She had barely slept. The council meeting had ended just before dawn, but the information she had learned kept echoing through her thoughts.
Moonborn.
War.
The Eclipse Pack.
And a choice she didn’t even understand yet.
She stepped out of the healer’s lodge and inhaled the cold morning air. For the first time in years, Ravenridge no longer felt like the peaceful home she had always known.
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