The doors closed behind the last elder with a sound that felt like the end of something.
No one spoke.
The prophecy was still hanging in the air, heavy and sharp.Together, they will either save the wolf world... Or destroy it.
I stared at the floor. At my hands. At the mark on my wrist that wouldn’t stop burning.
Kael stood across from me. He wasn’t looking at me. His jaw was tight. His hands were at his sides. For the first time since I met him, the Exiled Alpha looked like he didn’t know what to do next.
I wanted to ask questions. I wanted to scream. I wanted to pretend none of it was real.
But my throat was closed. So we just stood there in the silence.
Eventually, Kael turned and walked out. No words. No goodnight.
I went to my room too.
And I didn’t sleep.
I laid th
