Chapter 13: The Bond Unspoken
The moon hung high in the sky, its cold, pale light filtering through the dense trees of the forest. Luna felt as if the entire world had paused around her, leaving her in the center of it all, suspended in time. She had thought she understood what was happening—had believed that her connection to the wolves, to the pack, was a passing phase, something to be controlled. But tonight, everything was different. The air was heavier, charged with a force she could hardly comprehend.
Dante stood beside her, but there was a distance between them, an invisible wall that she hadn’t noticed before. His presence was no longer the comforting, familiar one she had grown used to. Tonight, he seemed like a stranger—someone she couldn’t fully trust, though a part of her lon
