The Moonfire Summit was just days away, but the tension in the Silvercrest Pack felt like a storm already crashing through the lands. The air was heavy, and even the wolves that usually ran freely along the forest paths treaded carefully, their instincts sharpened by unease.
Evelyn stood on the balcony of the Alpha residence, her arms crossed tightly over her chest, eyes fixed on the horizon where the trees whispered secrets in the wind. Aria stirred inside her, ever alert, ever protective.
“He’s coming back, you know,” Aria murmured in her mind, voice low and steady.
“I know,” Evelyn replied quietly.
She didn’t need to ask who. Kade’s message had reached the borders two nights ago—delivered in blood, marked on the carcass of a rogue who’d dared cross into Silvercrest territory. “We’ll
