ERON
I found myself standing on the highest peak of the Deep Wild, though I'd never set foot in this realm before. The wind howled around me, carrying whispers of those who had been lost here. Below stretched an impossible landscape—trees that grew sideways, mountains that folded into themselves, and rivers that flowed in spirals before vanishing into nothing.
"Not what you expected?" came a voice beside me.
I turned to find Gumi there, all nine tails fanned behind him like a warning flag. His presence was both reassuring and alarming—if this was just a dream, why did my guardian look so concerned?
"I've never been here," I said, watching as the sky above us shifted from bruised purple to a deep crimson. "Dad crossed it, not me."
"Your father was either the bravest wolf I've ever know
