LILA’S POV
The first explosion hit before we even reached the center of camp.
Fire tore through the air in a violent burst, heat slamming into my skin as screams followed raw, terrified, real. My heart dropped into my stomach as I surged forward, golden wings slicing through the air, power flaring instinctively.
“No!”
The camp was already in chaos.
Flames licked at the edges of tents, wolves scattered in every direction, some shifting mid-run, others trying to drag the injured to safety. Shadows moved between them not natural shadows. Controlled. Directed.
Them.
Ryker’s forces.
And worse…
Her.
I could feel her.
Not fully inside my mind this time but close enough to taste.
Watching.
Enjoying.
“You’re too late…” her voice whispered faintly at the edge of my thoughts.
My chest
