Valerie's POV
I closed my eyes and let the darkness take me.
The Moon-Touched power surged through my veins, carrying me beyond my cage, beyond the Hollow, into the vast landscape of dreams. I walked through mist and shadow, following the thread of silver light that connected me to Knox.
His nightmare was a twisted version of the Hollow.
The corridors stretched forever, looping back on themselves in impossible ways. Doors opened onto walls, onto nothing, onto his worst memories. I walked through them all, my bare feet silent on the cold stone.
I found him in a cell that wasn't a cell.
It was a throne room, grand and golden, filled with wolves in celebration. At the center of the room stood an altar—the same altar where Theron and I had almost mated. But in the dream, the ceremony was
