Tamara
The morning sun hit the training grounds with a sharp and clear light. I woke up before the rest of the pack, feeling a strange new energy running through my veins.
The night I spent with North in his wolf form had changed something deep inside me. I was no longer the girl who was waiting for a perfect bond. I was someone who had made a decision. I had exactly one month and three weeks until the trials began.
That was not a long time, but it was enough to prove that I was more than just a weak outsider. I walked to the training field, my head held high. Earth was waiting for me near the blades. She looked at me for a long moment, her eyes searching .
"You have a different glow today," Earth said, giving me a small, approving nod. "You don't look tired or defeated anymore. You l
