----Skylar POV----
I didn’t know how much time had passed, but I could feel myself slowly regaining consciousness. I could hear and feel everything around me, yet my eyes remained stubbornly shut; weighed down by an unnatural heaviness. A dull ache coursed steadily through my veins.
Eventually, I pried my eyes open. The room around me was shrouded in darkness. I didn’t recognize this place at all. Where was I? My mind was foggy, the memories fragmented.
“Carly… are you there? Where are we?” I whispered internally.
But there was no response. Silence; panic flared in my chest—I couldn’t feel her. My wolf, my constant companion, was gone. The emptiness in her absence settled over me like a thick, choking fog.
I sat up, realizing I was on a large bed—far too grand to belong to any ordinar
