Chapter 101
Return to the Pack
AURORA
We moved through the forest in silence, our once-steady steps now sluggish from the weight of exhaustion. Blood and grime coated my skin, clinging to me like the guilt that was eating away at my insides. The battle had been brutal, leaving us bruised and battered. But the worst wounds were the ones no one could see—the ones that gnawed at my soul.
I could still feel the heat of my powers burning through my veins, the wild surge that had overwhelmed me back there, spilling out of me like an uncontrolled storm. It had taken everything I had to rein it in, and even then, it had left a trail of destruction in its wake. My powers had always been a part of me, something I could command, something I could trust. But now? Now, they were a ticking bomb, rea
