TRIAL BY FIRE
The wind howled outside the packhouse as Nara’s heart pounded in her chest. Every instinct screamed that the white wolf was close, circling them, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
Kael stood at the window, muscles tensed, his shadowed form almost glowing in the moonlight. Every sound in the forest set his ears twitching, every rustle a potential threat. He had shifted into his wolf form, massive and imposing, yet his eyes, silver and blazing, never left her.
“You need to trust me,” he said, voice low, rumbling like distant thunder. “I will not let them take you.”
Nara swallowed. Her legs felt like lead, her hands still trembling from the training last night, her mind still buzzing from the mysterious bond pulsing inside her chest. She wanted to trust him. She need
