Grayson's POV

A month after the rogue crisis, Fire Moon looked different.

Not physically — the same buildings, same territory, same tree line to the north where seven wolves had tested our border on a Thursday night. But the weight in the air was different. Lighter. The kind of lightness that comes after something hard gets resolved the right way instead of just contained.

Marcus ran his first solo patrol rotation on a Tuesday and brought back a clean report. No ...