Three days had passed since Lilith's appearance at the border.
Three days of tense silence, of waiting for an attack that never came. Lilith had vanished as suddenly as she'd appeared, leaving behind only a chill in the air and the lingering threat of her words. *This is going to be fun.*
Lena hadn't slept much since then.
"She's playing with us," Caspian said that morning. They sat in the cabin, the three of them huddled around a small fire. "Drawing out the anticipation. Making us wait."
"It's working." Kael's golden eyes were shadowed with exhaustion. "My pack is on edge. Everyone's waiting for the other shoe to drop."
Lena stared into the flames. "Then we don't wait. We prepare. We learn everything we can about her."
Caspian was quiet for a moment. Then: "There's somewhere we can
