Dane POV

Lilia’s home city of Wildefell bordered on the thickest, most luxuriant, and potentially dangerous forest Dane had ever encountered outside Evenhide lands. After a six day ride, they were moving closer to shifter territory.

Tall trees with sunlight filtering through the canopy stretched to the southeast for as far as the eye could see. Dane’s senses absorbed the droning of the insects, the scent of tree sap, the caress of the wind in his hair, and the ...