Callie’s POV
The entire territory seemed to be holding its breath.
There was no chaos, no shouted orders cutting through the pathways, no wolves running from one side to the other as if danger had already physically arrived among us, and that was precisely what made everything worse, because the silence stretching across that place wasn’t calm—
it was preparation,
an organized tension sliding between the stone structures and dark trails as if the territory itself were waiting for something it already knew was inevitable.
Since Kael had delivered the news, no one had spoken much inside the room, but there was no need to.
I could feel the change in all of them with the same clarity I felt the heavy air pressing against my skin.
Asher was furious.
Jonas was thinking too much.
And I…
