One month after Dawn joined the pack, the first sign appeared.
It started small. A feeling. An unease. A sense that something was watching from beyond the borders.
I felt it first. Woke in the middle of the night. Cold. Afraid. Something was wrong.
Kade woke when I did. “What is it? What do you feel?”
“Something is out there. Something dark. Something that feels like Dawn but opposite. Like nothing that refused to become something. Like darkness that resents the light.” I stood. Walked to the window. “Something is coming. Something angry. Something that wants to undo everything we built. Everything we protected. Everything we saved.”
“You think there are other Darks? Other forces like the First Dark that want to erase existence?” Kade joined me at the window. “That makes sense. Dawn t
