RONAN
The world had vanished in a howl of wind and white. The sky turned black too fast. One second, the fire crackled, Alphas fought, and then—chaos.
A screeching wind that pierced bone. Branches ripped through the sky. Dirt lifted in spirals. It was the kind of storm that didn’t just fall, it actually attacked.
I barely made it beneath the rock overhangs near the slope, shoved back by Alpha Jude himself. He was already on edge due to Grace’s safety. She had refused to return to the Academy with others and was stubborn enough to stay with him.
I couldn’t argue. I couldn’t resist.
Couldn’t see.
My eyes had snapped shut against the dirt and ash whipping through the air. Every breath filled with dust. Every sound drowned out by wind. My hands scraped rock as I crouched under the ledg
