Chapter 53

Elodie

The night refused to be quiet.

Even with the guards, the wards, and the elders pretending everything was under control, I could feel it. Something heavy pressed against the air, like the sky itself was holding its breath.

Lysa did not sleep.

Neither did I.

She paced inside me, restless and sharp, her senses stretched far beyond the borders of the pack.

They are watching, she warned. Testing our defenses.

I lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling, listening to the slow ...