~The Pull of Darkness~

ELRICH

The camp had gone quiet again, the kind of silence that didn’t mean everything was fine. It was just tension waiting to burst into trouble. The news of the last attack still hung in the air which made wolves whisper behind my back. The council avoided me but not their judgments. And through it all, Calista moved around as if she belonged here.

She said she’s a changed person but what unsettled me most wasn’t her story. It was the scent that clung to her ...