Chapter 148

Caleb POV

The silence stretched, brittle and dangerous, like ice moments before it shattered.

I felt it then—my wolf stirring, restless, alert. Not in anger. In recognition.

The elders shifted uneasily in their seats. Some avoided Kaia’s gaze. Others stared openly, fear and curiosity battling across their faces. They had felt it too—the strange pull, the awareness she carried without trying.

Summer was the first to break the silence.

“You see?” he said sharply, ...