Ryker’s POV
Knowing the spirit wolf was defeated was the best thing that could happen tonight..
For weeks we had lived with the constant burden of its shadow. Yet tonight the territory breathed in a way it hadn’t in months.
The soldiers walked lighter. The pack wolves lifted their heads without the usual dread. For the first time, children’s laughter drifted faintly in the distance instead of hushed cries.
A strange energy had also healed the sick. Everyone was in good health except the dead..
As I stood on the watchtower overlooking the training yard, I watched the last of the soldiers who had been injured days ago rise to their feet. Limbs that had been broken seemed renewed. They walked as though freed from invisible chains.
At first, we thought it was a trick and some cruel illu
