Haven’s POV

I arrived at the newly built academy hall very early in the morning. The place was already decorated wonderfully for the ceremony, a testimony of the pack’s resilience after the wolf apocalypse. Today was supposed to be perfect. No, it had to be perfect.

Blue stood beside me, her small fingers curled around mine, her palm slightly damp. She looked up at me with bright eyes, excitement barely contained beneath her uniform. I bent slightly, smoothing the collar at her throat, ...