The earth beneath us seemed to pulse with the echo of that bone-chilling howl. My breath hitched as Kieran and I exchanged a tense look, the weight of the unknown bearing down on us. I tried to shake off the eerie sensation, but it clung to me like a shadow. Every instinct I had told me we were standing on the brink of something terrible, something far beyond the rogue vampires lurking in the woods.
Kieran’s jaw clenched, his senses still on high alert. “We need to get back to the pack,” he said, his voice strained with urgency. “This isn’t just about rogue vampires anymore. Something else is out there.”
I nodded, though unease twisted in my gut. We made our way back, moving swiftly but cautiously. Kieran’s wolf led the way, his keen senses tracking every shift in the wind, every unfamil
