"Are we really going to do this?"
Ari's voice cuts through the tension like a blade, sharp and unyielding. My eyes are locked on the scene before us—the heart of the Crescent Howl Pack, now a place of strife and broken promises. The air smells of dust, metal, and the lingering bitterness of betrayal. It's the same scent that clung to the pack the night I fled, but now it's stronger, heavier.
"You know we have no choice," I reply, my voice barely above a whisper, but fierce enough to echo in the hollow of my chest. "If we don't stop this now, everything we've worked for... everything we've sacrificed... it will all be for nothing."
Ari hesitates, his eyes flickering to his sister, who stands just behind him. Both of them have grown into their roles, their strength no longer hidden behind
