Auren POV
The knot in my gut tightened, pulling tighter with every breath I took, as if my own body knew how much was at stake. I could feel the weight of my pack’s eyes on me, their silent expectations pressing into the back of my skull. This wasn’t just another meeting. This was everything.
We’d never stood face to face with the Fae since the curse was cast all those decades ago. If I let this moment slip through my fingers, there might never be another. And if that happened… Rion and Lior would be the first to pay the price.
The next full moon could steal them from me forever, their wolves lost to the curse gone without a promise of return. I didn’t even want to imagine who’d be next.
In the corner of my eye, Olyssia fidgeted, but said nothing. She didn’t need to. I knew her though
