Kira’s POV Darkness pressed in from all sides, thick and suffocating, like velvet soaked in ink. I was standing in a tunnel that stretched endlessly ahead, the walls slick and shadowed, with only faint slivers of light piercing through cracks far above. My bare feet echoed softly on the cold stone as I took a hesitant step forward, heart thudding in my chest. Where the hell am I? Just then, a voice slithered through the air, coming from everywhere and nowhere…low, demanding, insistent. ‘Come find me…’ it whispered. “Hello?” I called, my voice echoing back at me, fragile and small. “Who’s there? Who are you?” The whisper grew louder, wrapping around me like smoke. Come to me… I’m waiting… “Are you my wolf?” I asked, a strange thrill mixing with my fear. “Where are you? How can I find

