Lila’s POV
We stood in the forest now, deep in the heart of pack territory where the oldest trees grew. The moon hung full and heavy overhead, casting silver light through branches that seemed to reach toward it like desperate hands.
And there, gathered in a clearing that looked like it had been burned deliberately into the forest floor, were the Eclipse King’s rogues.
There were dozens of them, maybe more, they were lurking in the shadows. All twisted and wrong, their forms flickering between wolf and something else, something more monstrous, like nightmares that were given flesh and teeth. Their red eyes glowed with malevolent intelligence, and the air around them seemed to shine with corruption.
At their center stood a figure I instinctively knew was their leader. He was massive, e
