Rowan’s POV
Today has been one hell of a day.
I knew we’d face challenges in the Whispering Woods, but this—this was something else entirely. My hands were still shaking. My mind couldn’t stop replaying what I had just witnessed.
Raven’s blood… it did something.
And the way we found the tree so easily, almost as if it had been waiting for her.
The Moonstone was supposed to be a myth. A story told to pups about a long-lost relic of power. Yet there it was, real and glowing in Liora’s hands. And whatever Raven did… it awakened it.
At least now I wouldn’t have to soak the Moonstone in wolfsbane—that was supposed to be the hardest part. Though I still had to meet the priestess, the stone was already reacting. That alone was enough to unsettle me.
But none of that mattered right now. Bec
