Chapter 16
200 Words
Training became relentless.
Every morning Kael led Lena to the open field far beyond the valley.
The wind answered her even more easily now.
Leaves lifted from the grass as silver energy shimmered faintly around her hands.
“Focus on control,” Kael instructed.
Lena inhaled slowly.
The glowing light steadied.
Kael nodded.
“You are improving.”
Lena lowered her hands.
“It still feels unstable.”
Kael stepped closer.
“Power always feels that way at first.”
Their eyes met briefly.
For a moment the world felt strangely quiet.
Then a horn sounded from the valley.
Both turned instantly.
A scout wolf sprinted toward them.
“Alpha!” he shouted.
“Something is wrong at the northern ridge!”
Kael’s expression hardened.
“Witches?”
The scout shook his head.
“No.”
He hesitated.
“It’s worse.”
Lena felt a chill crawl through her chest.
“What do you mean?”
The scout swallowed.
“There’s another pack approaching.”
Kael stared toward the forest.
“Impossible,” he murmured.
Blackwood territory had been protected for decades.
Yet somewhere beyond the trees, wolves from another pack were entering their land.
And they weren’t coming peacefully.
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