Natalie's POV
The white void shattered like glass. Reality crashed back into focus. We were standing in the warehouse again. Same broken walls. Same blood stained concrete. But everything felt different now. Sharper. Clearer. Like I had been looking through fog my entire life and someone finally wiped it away.
Dominic and his wolves were frozen mid attack. Teeth bared. Claws extended. Muscles coiled to strike. They looked like statues carved from violence and rage. Time had stopped while we were gone. Or maybe it had kept moving and we were the ones outside it. I could not tell anymore.
Elder Cassia waved her withered hand. Time snapped back like a rubber band. Dominic stumbled forward. His lunge turned into a confused stagger. His wolves crashed into each other. Fell. Scrambled to thei
