Kiara POV
Pain exploded through my body.
Not physical pain something deeper. Ancient. Burning. My ears rang as white light swallowed everything around me. For a moment, I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t think, couldn’t even feel where my body ended and the world began.
Then I felt him.
Theodore.
His arms wrapped around me, solid and unyielding, his golden aura blazing like fire against the darkness closing in. His wolf roared inside my mind, fierce and protective.
“Kiara! Stay with me!” his voice cut through the chaos.
I gasped, air rushing into my lungs as silver energy burst outward from my chest. The light forced the shadow back for a split second, revealing its true form.
It wasn’t just a wolf.
It was massive larger than any Alpha I had ever seen. Its body looked carved from darkne
