Shadows of Loyalty
Freya's POV
The news came before dawn, just as the first dim light began to filter into my room, touching the cold stone walls of Lucian’s castle. I was barely awake when Lucian’s figure appeared in my doorway, his face unreadable but his eyes dark with something heavy.
“Freya,” he said quietly, but I was already alert. There was a note in his voice that sent a shiver through me.
“Tell me,” I replied, sitting up.
“It’s Seraphina. One of my scouts has confirmed she’s being held by the Shadow Claw Pack.”
The name hit me like a blow. Seraphina, my closest friend, my last loyal companion. The one person I still trusted, whose loyalty had never wavered, even when everything else had crumbled. She was in their clutches, the same pack that had taken everything from me. I
