Chapter 160: Midnight Shadows

Elira

A full day dragged by endlessly. Time used to pass naturally with the steady rhythm of our pack—the excitement of the hunts, the noise of the feasts, the easy laughter in the courtyards. Now, time simply crawled forward. Every single tick of the clock felt exactly like another breath being stolen from my son.

Wane did not speak much at all anymore. He moved through the echoing halls like a ghost wearing a wolf’s heavy skin, his eyes full of internal ...