Chapter Fifteen: Whispers Beneath the Moon
The silence of the forest was deceptive.
Every shadow seemed alive, every rustle a warning. The deeper we went, the more the night wrapped itself around us like a shroud, heavy with secrets it had no intention of sharing. My wolf stirred restlessly beneath my skin, pacing, her hackles raised as if she could sense the danger even before I could put it into words.
Lucian walked ahead of me, tall and steady, though I could feel the storm of tension radiating from him. His shoulders were rigid, his every step deliberate, like a predator both hunting and being hunted. I wanted to ask him what he was thinking, but the look in his eyes when I caught a glimpse of them in the moonlight was enough to silence me. It wasn’t anger. It wasn’t even frustratio
