The frozen Shadow Alpha should have been the end of it.
It wasn't.
Two days after the execution, wolves started disappearing.
First it was a patrol. Three soldiers who didn't return from their watch. Then two scouts vanished from the northern perimeter. By the third day, seven wolves were missing with no bodies, no blood, no signs of struggle.
"Shadow magic," Eirik said, examining the last known position. "But different. Weaker. Like an echo of what she could do."
"She's frozen solid," Reign said. "How can her power still be active?"
"I don't know. The texts said containing her would work." He looked shaken. "But shadow magic is older than anything written. Maybe we missed something."
The Fire Prince joined them, expression grim. "My soldiers are talking about leaving. They signed u
