Kaelira didn’t sleep.
Not after what had happened in the training grounds.
Not after moving faster than any wolf should.
And certainly not after finding three black feathers in less than a week.
Someone had been entering her room.
Tonight…
She was going to find out who.
She extinguished every candle except one beside her bed, changed into her nightgown, and slipped beneath the blankets.
Then she closed her eyes.
Slowed her breathing.
And waited.
Outside, Moonfall Palace fell silent.
The last servant retired.
The guards changed shifts.
Midnight came and went.
Still…
Nothing.
Just as Kaelira began to wonder if the visitor knew she was waiting—
She heard it.
A soft scrape.
Not at the door.
Not at the window.
Behind the wall.
Her pulse quickened, but she forced herself t
