The victory celebration never came.
Instead, the palace was filled with fear.
Since the battle at the Forgotten City, strange reports had begun arriving from every corner of the kingdom.
Soldiers were attacking their own comrades without warning.
Experienced warriors claimed they couldn’t remember drawing their swords.
Entire patrols had disappeared, only to return days later with empty eyes and no memory of where they had been.
At first, the council believed it was exhaustion.
Then the first body was found.
The wolf’s chest bore a strange black symbol.
One no one recognized.
Kaelira stared at the drawing Lucien had copied onto parchment.
A cold feeling settled in her stomach.
“This isn’t happening by chance.”
The palace infirmary overflowed with injured wolves.
Some shook un
