~The Shadow Between Us~

ELRICH

The healers said she just needed rest but I knew better. Eira was fading and definitely not in some grand, dramatic way, but in those small, terrifying moments in between. The way her laughter came less and the way her eyes drifted when she thought I wasn’t looking.

I’d doubled the patrols, posted guards near every border, every shadow that even looked like it might move wrong. Still, the air in the packlands felt off like something unseen was breathing ...