ALICIA
I stretched, blinking fully awake as the distant chaos filtered into my awareness, low growls, heated arguments, the rush of wings cutting through air, magic crackling as it struck and slid off the pack’s protective shield. Last night, exhaustion had smothered it all. I’d collapsed into bed too drained to care whether the Alphas tore each other apart on the lawn.
This morning… I cared. Because no matter what happened next, the Blood Moon Pack was the one place where I had felt safe since leaving Crescent Moon. This would be my territory too and I would hate to see it get destroyed.
Unlike yesterday, at least now, I have a plan. I pushed myself upright, rubbing my face as clarity settled in, sharp, steady, unfamiliar but welcome. The constant pull in my chest, like a song threadi
