POV: LUNA
Luna didn't remember how she got back to campus.
One moment she was surrounded. Eyes in the darkness. Growls closing in.
The next, she was running. Branches whipping her face. Her wolf fully emerged. Primal terror driving her forward.
She must have shifted. Must have fought her way clear. But the details were foggy. Adrenaline and fear blurring everything into instinct and motion.
She reached the wards gasping. Bleeding. Clothes shredded.
A patrol found her. Questions she couldn't answer. Medical wing again. More bruises catalogued. More injuries added to the day's collection.
Nova appeared. Furious. Terrified.
"What were you thinking? Going into the forest alone after the fight with Darius?"
Luna couldn't explain. Didn't have words for what she'd found. The ancient glad
