{Ryanna’s POV}

I fell through layers of consciousness down, until the world dissolved into the dreamless ink. No sound, no light, only an immense, soft absence pressing in from all sides.

There was neither ground nor sky for what felt like an eternity. Before the poison in my blood screamed, dragging me even further down, weakening my will. But somewhere beneath the dark, something stirred.

My wolf.

She howled, not in pain, not in surrender, but in warning. And then I saw it — a flash ...