"Do you feel it?" My voice barely rises above the tension in the air.
Liora looks at me, her brows furrowed, her golden eyes shimmering with the same uncertainty that churns in my chest. "You mean the silence?"
"Yes," I whisper, feeling the weight of everything we’ve just accomplished settle into our bones. "It feels like we’ve done something monumental. But... something's still off. I can’t shake it."
She looks toward the horizon, where the sun is beginning to dip behind the peaks. “We defeated the ancient one. We control the Heart of the Wolf. We should be celebrating.”
"We will. But not yet." I step closer to her, my mind racing. "It's just... I expected more from all of this. More from them."
Liora follows my gaze, and I see the same weariness in her eyes as she watches the pack m
