The camp transformed overnight. Word spread like wildfire through the tents and cabins, carried by wolves running between fires and vampires whispering in shadows. Lilith was planning something bigger than anyone had imagined. A ritual that would make her unstoppable. A sacrifice of hybrid blood that would tip the balance of power forever, leaving no hope for anyone who stood against her. The ancient one, Morgana, had revealed the truth, and the truth was terrifying. And they had one chance to stop her. One chance to end it all. "We need every able body," Kael announced at dawn. He stood on a raised platform at the center of the camp, his voice carrying across the gathered crowd. His golden eyes swept over the faces before him, wolves and vampires and hybrids, young and old, scared and

