The Noctar exploded through the fractured Gate.
Stone burst outward.
The impact threw everyone off their feet.
Jake hit the ground hard, rolling before springing back up.
Alice slammed into a pillar, the breath rushing from her lungs.
The Moonstone blazed against her chest.
For a heartbeat, the chamber disappeared.
She wasn't in the Guardian's Chamber anymore.
She stood beneath a full moon in an ancient forest.
A woman with silver hair—Selene, centuries younger—stood before a towering black wolf.
The wolf wasn't Jake.
It was larger.
Older.
Its amber eyes held both wisdom and grief.
Selene reached out, resting her palm against the wolf's forehead.
"Our people cannot win this war alone."
The wolf bowed his head.
"Then we become one."
Silver light erupted between them.
Moon
