LYRA

I didn’t go back to my room.

Sleep wasn’t even a question.

The moment we crossed back into pack territory, the air shifted again—but not in the way it used to. Before, it had always felt like safety.

Now?

It felt like… something waiting to be tested.

I stood alone at the edge of the training grounds, the dirt cool beneath my boots, the sky still dark but beginning to pale at the edges. Dawn wasn’t far off.

Neither was whatever came next.

The bond hadn’t settled since the ...