The night stretched out before me like an uncharted wilderness, every step drawing me closer to an inevitable truth. I stood at the edge of something larger than myself, a bond I couldn’t break, a force I couldn’t control. It gnawed at my mind, filling me with an urgency that made sleep impossible. The full moon was rising, and everything was about to change.
I hadn’t seen Adrian since our conversation in the classroom, but his presence lingered like a shadow over my every thought. I couldn’t escape the pull, the way my body yearned for him, even though my mind screamed at me to resist. The bond he spoke of felt more real with every passing hour, like the threads of fate drawing us together.
As the evening approached, the sky darkened to a deep purple, and I knew the time was coming. The
