AIDEN
The call came just after sunset.
I knew it was Ethan before I even looked at the screen. My wolf stirred the moment the phone vibrated, tension snapping through my spine like an instinctive warning.
I let it ring twice before answering.
"Aiden."
That single word was enough to tell me something was wrong. Ethan rarely sounded uncertain, and now his voice was controlled in a way that meant he was holding too much together.
"What did they feel?" I asked quietly.
There was a brief pause on the line, not hesitation but calculation.
"The elders noticed instability," he said. "Not in the territory. In you."
My fists tightened as I moved toward the window and stared out at the city lights below. Humans moved through the streets in steady streams, unaware of the w
