LILA’S POV
The night was thick with smoke and silence, but the silence was deceptive. Every shadow seemed to twitch, every sound amplified. My golden energy, though flickering from exhaustion, still hummed beneath my skin. The shadow’s words replayed in my mind, an echo I couldn’t escape: “The true reckoning is coming… and you will see the ones you love fall before your eyes.”
I clenched my fists, feeling the heat of the residual energy pulsing through me. My wolves were restless, circling and growling low, their instincts telling them danger lingered nearby, even though the shadow had vanished.
Marcus’s hand rested lightly on my shoulder. “Lila… we need to regroup. We need a plan,” he said, his voice steady despite the tension radiating off him. His touch grounded me, but it also remin
