Three days without wolfsbane, and I could find Valeria anywhere.

I stood in the training yard, surrounded by Solas students preparing for morning drills, yet my attention kept drifting toward the academy building behind me.

She was there.

I couldn't see her, but I knew exactly where she was. Somewhere on the second floor, moving between classrooms. Her scent reached me even from that distance, warm and unmistakably hers.

My wolf was satisfied.

Not restless. Not demanding. Just deeply ...