Chapter 104
Aurora’s POV
The forest was eerily silent as Phoenix, Hunter, and I led Aurora back toward the pack. Her face was unreadable, her gaze fixed straight ahead. I could feel the energy rolling off her—intense and unfamiliar like she’d crossed some invisible line and wasn’t willing to come back. She’d returned to us, but part of her had stayed behind. The relief of having her back was quickly shadowed by the strange feeling that she wasn’t the same.
When we reached camp, everyone rushed forward, relief in their eyes, but it quickly morphed into something else. She was with us physically, but the change in her was palpable. The entire pack could sense it. Her face was calm, but there was an intensity there, something razor-sharp lurking beneath the surface. She scanned the crowd,
