The journey to Velmora began in silence, not the peaceful kind but the heavy, uncertain silence.

Everything had changed the moment that blinding radiance faded, the world felt stripped bare. No hum of magic in the air. No pull of inner wolves beneath their skin. No familiar strength thrumming in their veins. Even the mages stood frozen in disbelief, hands trembling as they tried and failed to summon the simplest spark.

They were all ordinary now. Humans.

Zander was the first to give the ...