Third Person's POV
As everyone was about to give up, Adelaide spotted a glimmer near the academy entrance.
She rushed over—her cedar pheromones rippling with urgency—and found Lynette's pearl earring.
Carefully, she picked it up, her wolf claws instinctively retracting to avoid damaging the precious pearl.
The earring was crushed, only the pearl remained, its golden thread and twin leaf settings lost.
It must have been run over and kicked away.
Adelaide's wolf ears twitched in the rain, listening intently for any clues.
She scanned the area and retrieved only a thin golden leaf, finding no other fragments.
Her pheromones carried a tinge of regret.
Handing the pearl and leaf to Lynette, Adelaide's cedar pheromones wrapped her in careful reverence.
Lynette clutched them tightly, he
